{
  "id": 107850,
  "title": "Decision on Gotabaya’s writ petition seeking to prevent arrest on 22 Sept.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/decision-on-gotabayas-writ-petition-seeking-to-prevent-arrest-on-22",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T23:59:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/decision-on-gotabayas-writ-petition-seeking-to-prevent-arrest-on-22-sept/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Court of Appeal will announce its decision on former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s writ petition to prevent his arrest in connection with the ongoing CID investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage, on 22 September The announcement was made in the wake of the Court of Appeal concluding its consideration of the ex-President’s writ petition. […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}