Supreme Court ruling on Indian Credit Line medicine purchase, March 2026

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Court: Supreme Court, three-judge bench
Finding: A 2022 purchase of medical supplies from an unregistered company violated the right to equality before the law
Order: Respondents to pay Rs. 275 million from personal funds
Appears on: Politicians and investigators

Keheliya Rambukwella / Ordered to pay Rs. 75 million by / Supreme Court ruling on Indian Credit Line medicine purchase, March 2026
- On 27 March 2026 the Supreme Court ruled, on petitions by Transparency International Sri Lanka and another party, that he and other officials violated the right to equality before the law in buying medical supplies in 2022 from a company not registered with the medicines regulator. It ordered him to pay Rs. 75 million to the state personally.27 Mar 2026 · News 1st · Keheliya & Co. Held Personally Liable & Ordered to Pay Rs. 275 Mn as Supreme Court Finds Rights Violations
Contempt application over unpaid Supreme Court payments, October 2026 / Seeks enforcement of / Supreme Court ruling on Indian Credit Line medicine purchase, March 2026
- The application follows the failure to make the payments ordered in the Supreme Court’s 27 March 2026 judgment on irregularities in the procurement of medicines. TISL argued that, although no deadline was set, the payments should have been made immediately.13 Oct 2026 · Newswire · Keheliya & 4 former health officials face contempt action over unpaid Rs. 275 million