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Wimal's case against Indian digital ID cards project to be taken up on 17 October
The Island
|August 28, 2025
The Supreme Court yesterday said it would take up for consideration, on 17 October, 2025, a petition filed by former Minister Wimal Weerawansa seeking a ruling to nullify the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Sri Lanka and India for the implementation of a project to issue digital identity cards to Sri Lankan citizens on the grounds that the project posed a threat to national security.
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The petition was heard before a threemember Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena and Justices Kumudini Wickremasinghe and Sampath Wijeratne.
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