The Supreme Court has directed the Special High Court to halt hearings on Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's D. A. Rajapaksa Museum case until it decides on the appeal over jurisdiction on October 1.

The order was given a day after Rajapaksa returned to the island after a surgery in Singapore.

The former Defence Secretary is tipped to be the front-runner for the SLPP's Presidential candidacy.

Although the Attorney General filed a case against former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and 06 others at the Special three-justice High Court, it has now been reported that the AG will amend the indictment against the former Defence Secretary.