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DIFFERENTLYABLED STUDENT PETITIONS SC OVER DENIAL OF UNIVERSITY ADMISSION
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
|September 18, 2025
A young student from Bandarawela has turned to Athe Supreme Court, alleging that his constitutional rights had been violated after the University Grants Commission (UGC) denied him admission to pursue a degree in technology on the basis of his disability.
The petition was filed by Manujaya Attanayake, a resident of Bandarawela. When the case was taken up before a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena and Justice Shiran Gooneratne, the matter was fixed for support on February 24 next year.
This story is from the September 18, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka.
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