Action taken by the Office for Reparations to comply with the Orders made by the Supreme Court in its judgment dated 12th January 2023 in SCFR Nos. 163/2019, 165/2019, 166/2019, 184/2019, 188/2019, 191/2019, 193/2019, 195/2019, 196/2019, 197/2019, 198/2019, and 293/2019 -
- Victim fund was established with effect from January 19th, 2023 at Bank of Ceylon (BOC), Rajagiriya Branch, Account No. 0090167960, under the title ‘Easter Attack April 2019 – Victim Fund’. The respondents were advised of the account details.
- The following sums were received to the credit of the Fund as at September 18, 2024 –
| S/N |
Name of the respondent |
Sum Ordered by the SC to be paid. (Rs.Million) | Sum paid. (Rs.) |
Date on which the sum was credited to the Victim Account |
| 01 | Hon. Maithripala Sirisena | 100 | 15,000,000.00 | 28-Jun-23 |
| 15,000,000.00 | 22-Apr-24 | |||
| 3,000,000.00 | 29-Apr-24 | |||
| 10,000,000.00 | 30-Apr-24 | |||
| 25,000,000.00 | 16-Jul-24 | |||
| 20,000,000.00 | 02-Aug-24 | |||
| 12,000,000.00 | 16-Aug-24 | |||
| TOTAL PAID | 100,000,000.00 | |||
| 02 | Mr. Pujith Jayasundera | 75 | 1,725,588.87 | 20-Jun-24 |
| 150,000.00 | 28-Jun-24 | |||
| 2,500,000.00 | 24 -Jul-24 | |||
| 6,424,411.13 | 29 -Jul-24 | |||
| 10,000,000.00 | 08-Aug-24 | |||
| 40,000,000.00 | 15-Aug-24 | |||
| 9,000,000.00 | 20-Aug-24 | |||
| 5,200,000.00 | 30-Aug-24 | |||
| TOTAL PAID | 75,000,000.00 | |||
| 03 | Mr. Nilantha Jayawardena | 75 | 4,100,000.00 | 11-Jul-23 |
| 5,900,000.00 | 16-Aug-24 | |||
| TOTAL PAID | 10,000,000.00 | |||
| 04 | Mr. Hemasiri Fernando | 50 | 1,000,000.00 | 09-Jun-23 |
| 1,000,000.00 | 10-Jul-23 | |||
| 500,000.00 | 11-Sep-23 | |||
| 2,500,000.00 | 23-Oct-23 | |||
| 5,000,000.00 | 19-Jun-24 | |||
| 15,000,000.00 | 26-Jun-24 | |||
| 25,000,000.00 | 28-Jun-24 | |||
| TOTAL PAID | 50,000,000.00 | |||
| 05 | Mr. Sisira Mendis | 10 | 5,000,000.00 | 06-Jul-23 |
| 5,000,000.00 | 11-Jul-23 | |||
| TOTAL PAID | 10,000,000.00 | |||
| 06 |
State |
1 |
1,000,000.00 |
June 9, 2023 |
| TOTAL PAID | 1,000,000.00 | |||
|
Total amount received as at September 18, 2024 |
311 |
Rs.246,000,000.00 |
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Disbursements will be determined consequent to a needs based evaluation conducted by the Office for Reparations.
3. A Notice calling on persons to contribute to the victims’ fund, was published in the following newspapers on January 29, 2023 – Silumina , Virakesari, Sunday Observer, Lankadeepa, Thinakaran, The Sunday Times. The Notice can be accessed here.
4. Investigations regarding non-payment and underpayment of compensation was completed and submitted to the Hon. Attorney General by letter date March 14, 2023, and can be accessed here.
5. The scheme to make payments from the Victim Fund was formulated in January, 2023 and can be accessed here. Disbursements of monies from the Fund will be determined consequent to a needs based evaluation of persons aggrieved by the attack.
6. Payments made from the Easter Attack Victim Fund can be accessed here.