Sri Lanka: Interim injunction request by Jiffy against newspaper rejected
But now, according to an article on srilankamirror.lk, Colombo district court judge Pradeep Hettiarachchi has refused to turn a prohibition against the newspaper Sri Lanka Mirror into an interim injunction, as requested by Jiffy Products which says the website’s exposures of environmental pollution by the company in its production process amounts to slander.
Jiffy has filed a case, seeking Rs. 700 million in damages over an article published by the newspaper on June 27, which says the local river Deduru Oya is being polluted by the company.
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