The Colombo High Court has issued an interim restraining order temporarily preventing former President Maithripala Sirisena from holding the post of Sri Lanka Freedom Party chairman.
It was considering a writ petition submitted to the court by former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was the leader of the Sri Lankan National Party from 1994 to 2005.