The accused has established a place of worship without the approval of the council.

Case No: 13

Case No: 14

Complaints made on both parties’ sides regarding public nuisance and disturbance to religious activities

Complaint made regarding public disturbances and public nuisance caused by Sanmugunathan Navaradnarajah and Navaradnarajah Ajantha

Assault on pastor and Christians engaged in prayer Church of Grace Mahena, Warakapola, (Kegalle District) 16th December 2012.

Kuppusamy Wijayan’s complaint was about the activities of some villagers who prevented the burial of the body as it was not a cemetery reserved for non-Roman Catholics

The issuance of an absolute order at once in urgent cases of nuisance was sought by the OIC based on complaints by the residents of the area.

The complainant parties’ church was pelted with stones for over a month. The stone pelting was allegedly due to suspicions of illegal activity by close members of the pastor.

Issue before the MC- The residents of the area had complained to the police that a large number of people were congregating at the respondent-petitioner’s residence.