IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA In the matter of an Application under and in terms of Article 126 read with Article 17 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

Mathiparanan Abraham Sumanthiran

3/1, Daya Road, Colombo 00600 PETITIONER Supreme Court Fundamental Rights Application No. 37/2024 Vs.

1. Honourable Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana Speaker of Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte

2. Honourable Attorney General, Attorney Genenral’s Department, Colombo 01200 RESPONDENTS Before : Priyantha Jayawardena PC, J A.L. Shiran Gooneratne, J Achala Wengappuli, J Counsel : Suren Fernando with Khyati Wickramanyake for the petitioner Sanjaya Rajaratnam PC, Attorney General with Viraj Dayaratne PC, ASG, Nirmalan Wigneswaran DSG and Medhaka Fernando SC for the Respondents Argued on : 20^th February, 2024 Decided on : 29^th February, 2024 Petition The petitioner filed the instant application, alleging that there was non-compliance with the determination made by the Supreme Court in legislating the ‘Online Safety Bill’. Further, in the prayer to the petition, the petitioner prayed, inter alia;

“(b) Issue an interim