03/11/2009 - Daily News
Photo
(by Wehelle Piyatilake. Maharagama Special Corr.)
Prisoner’s Welfare Association Chairman… presents an award to W. Peiris Singho who won the first place in the poems… contest organized to mark the 12th National Prisoner’s Day celebrations... Justice… Minister… Moragoda… Media Secretary to the Mohanlal Grero Foundation Janitha Dissanayake were also present…
» more

04/11/2009 - The Island
Tamils praise government efforts to rehab LTTE cadres, pledge support
(by Shamindra Ferdinando)
…Moragoda told… that a public-private sector partnership was necessary to help LTTE cadres to change their lives. International support as well as the commitment of the Tamil community… would be critical, he said… their programmes were on track… of 566 child soldiers, 273 were moved to Colombo… this year. Aged between 12-18, they experienced severe difficulties on the Vanni front before being rescued… or surrendering themselves along with civilians…
» more

04/11/2009 - Daily Mirror
Committee to deal with public complaints
Committee to deal with public complaints ... Moragoda, in consultation with Chief Justice... De Sillva has appointed a high-powered committee to consider public complaints regarding... matters such as delay in making refunds of security deposits, loss of case records and execution of writs... which do not come within the judicial functions of a judge... send... complaints to…
» more

04/11/2009 - The Island
Plan to modernize Government Analyst’s Department mooted
(by Don Asoka Wijewardena)
…during Minister… Moragoda’s recent visit to the Netherlands, he had an opportunity to meet the Netherlands Law Reforms Minister... and… held discussions with them on the modernization of Sri Lanka’s Government Analyst Department which had remained stagnant under successive Governments…
» more

05/11/2009 - Daily News
Justice: Legal magazine launch
...monthly legal magazine published by the Justice Ministry will be officially launched... by Minister... Moragoda and Chief Justice...De Silva... aimed at... legal and policy-related issues... promoting a healthy debate among the legal fraternity... providing the general public with... insight of legal issues…
» more

08/11/2009 - Sunday Island
Childhood is made of innocence and adult traps
(by Malinda Seneviratne)
Last week I wrote about children in an article titled ‘Are our children truly blessed?’... I was referring to data related to trials concerning child abuse given to me by the Minister of Justice, Milinda Moragoda... …Minister Moragoda has… requested the Attorney General’s Department to submit details regarding pending child abuse cases. The AG’s Department has given data on 1,257 out of 4,032 cases…
» more

10/11/2009 - Daily News
Australia, Lanka talk on legal reforms
(by Dulshani Gunawardena)
Justice and Law Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda had an extensive discussion with visiting Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith yesterday focusing mainly on the issues faced by post-war Sri Lanka…
» more

10/11/2009 - Indian Express
Lanka to open more rehabilitation units for ex-child soldiers
In a bid to expedite rehabilitation of 11,000 former LTTE child soldiers, Sri Lanka has decided to open seven more centres for them apart from the existing 14... Justice Minister Milinda Moragoda... inspected the premises where the new Rehabilitation Centres are to come up... He also went to the... Centre at Thampamaduwa in Vavuniya and interacted with the former child soldiers…
» more

11/11/2009 - Daily Mirror
Public should have the right to information- Chief Justice
(by Susitha R. Fernando)
…‘Justice’ was originally founded by Justice Dr. A. R. B. Amarasinghe, a former judge of the Supreme Court, and released in 1983. The magazine has been revived by an editorial team headed by the founder editor… Mr. Lalith Allahakoon... A copy of Justice magazine was… presented to Chief Justice J. A. N. Silva by Justice… Minister… Moragoda…
» more

11/11/2009 - Bottom Line
Photo
(Pic by Rukshan Abeywansha)
Justice and Law Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda presents a copy of the newly launched “Justice” magazine to Speaker W. J. M. Lokubandara while Chief Justice Asoka de Silva…
» more