Sri Lanka's former chief justice, Sarath N Silva on Thursday filed a petition at the Supreme Court questioning the legality of the Provincial council elections bill.
The bill was recently passed in parliament with a two thirds majority.
The bill has been criticised by a number of local election monitors who said that there was insufficient consultation prior to the passage of the bill.
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