Forced Eviction of Slave Island

The fundamental rights petition , A.A. Rahuman Beebee and 30 others vs the government of Sri lanka ,was filed in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka on the 18th of July 2008 and the petition was taken up on 18th July ,2008 itself. This case centres on the threatened forced eviction of informal settlers from Glennie passage , station passage ,at No.50 Garden and stuart street in Slave Island , Colombo-02.Sri lanka. The petitioners, some of informal settlers stated that they had been living in these houses since the 1960s paying all relevant taxes and their children were attending the near by schools. They alleged that the respondents had acted in violation of natural justice without proper hearing. The petitioners argued that their fundamental rights to equality to equal protection of the law, as is guaranteed and recognized under the constitution’s Article 12(1) were violated.