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by; lreKq ie<ls,a,g .ksñka m%udKj;a$yrj;a kS;s (substantive law) iy l%h

s dmámdá i|yd
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lsÍu i|yd ia;%S ¥IKh ms<sn|j ks¾jpkh mq¿,a lsÍu'
 leue;a; oekqj;a f;dard.ekSula f,i ms<s.ekSu iy leue;a; fkdue;sùu u; mokïj flfrk ia;%S
¥IKh ms<sn|j ks¾jpkhla ilia lsÍu'
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a .a wdrlaId jeä
oshqKq lsÍu'
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http://www.supremecourt.lk/images/documents/sc_appeal _32_11.pdf
2. Grave Crimes Abstract for the year 2016 (2017 Sri Lanka Police) Available at https://www.police.lk/images/others/crime_trends/2016/grave_crime%20.pdf
3. Grave Crimes Abstract for the year 2017 (2018 Sri Lanka Police) Available at https://www.police.lk/images/others/crime_trends/2017/grave_crime-2017.pdf
4. Grave Crimes Abstract for the year 2018 (2019 Sri Lanka Police) Available at
https://www.police.lk/images/crime/2019/disposal_of_grave_crime_policedivision.pdf
5. SandaniYapaAbeywardene, ‘Images, myths and Stereotypes: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of the ‘female’ in Judicial Pronouncements on
Rape in Sri Lanka’, 37-44, LST Review: Queering the Law, https://www.forum-asia.org/uploads/wp/2017/03/LST-Review-Queering-the-Law-Dec-2016.pdf
6. Navtej Singh Johar& others vs. Union of India (2018) W.P. (Crl) No 76 of 2016 Available at
https://sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2016/14961/14961_2016_Judgement_06-Sep-2018.pdf
7. OIC Maradana v. GalabadaPayagalageSanathWimalasiri, SC Appeal No 32/2011, 11-12 Available at
http://www.supremecourt.lk/images/documents/sc_appeal_32_11.pdf.
8. At page 50
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