The motion has been served by Jayasiri Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd., to which Aloysius handed over W.M. Mendis & Co. for a 10-year period in 2018, while he was in remand custody over the Central Bank Bond Scam, The Sunday Morning Business reliably learnt. The enjoining order was originally issued on 9 June, and subsequently extended on 16 June and 2 July respectively. According to Jayasiri Holdings, Aloysius has continued to engage in the management of the company in breach of the enjoining order. For instance, Jayasiri Holdings said that Aloysius had instructed them not to make any payments over Rs. 500,000. The application made by W.M. & Co. Mendis to set aside, vacate, or vary the enjoining order was refused by the court. The court fixed the date 10 July 2020 for Arjun Alosius and a fellow director to plead to the charge of contempt. When contacted for comment, Aloysius refused to discuss the matter over the phone. “This is a matter that is in court. I can meet you and discuss this, but it’s a court matter so I will not talk over the phone,” he said. Aloysius is the central figure in the Bond Scam, for which he spent nearly a year in remand custody, and is the owner of primary dealer, Perpetual Treasuries Ltd. He is the son-in-law of disgraced former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran. He was arrested in February 2018 and in April 2018, while in remand custody, he had a management agreement signed between W.M.Mendis & Co. and Jayasiri Holdings, handing over the management of the former to the latter for a 10-year period. However, a short while after he was released on bail in January 2019, Aloysius had repeatedly attempted to assert himself over Jayasiri Holdings by constantly entering the premises located in Welisara and interfering in the affairs of the management, according to Jayasiri. As the ownership of the company still lay with Aloysius, this had created several complications, both legal and interpersonal. Furthermore, the controversy surrounding Aloysius and his company Perpetual Treasuries Ltd. had resulted in bad publicity for W.M. Mendis & Co., with rumours spreading that Aloysius had taken back control of the company, Jayasiri said. Therefore an enjoining order was obtained by the company on 9 June from the Commercial High Court to prevent Aloysius interfering in the management of W.M. Mendis & Co. M.U.M. Ali Sabry PC with Attorneys-at-Law Buddhika Illangatillake and Samhan Munzir appeared for the plaintiff company instructed by Attorney-at-Law Dhammika Jiminige. Up to now, Jayasiri Holdings said it has made millions of rupees worth of investments into reviving and developing W.M. Mendis & Co., particularly since its liquor license was cancelled and the company had gained a bad reputation. The expenses borne by Jayasiri Holdings in settling overdue staff payments, the reactivation of the liquor license, and general improvements to the company alone amounted to over Rs. 800 million, the company said. Aloysius gained control of W.M. Mendis in 2011 when his company Perpetual Capital Ltd. acquired a controlling stake in the popular liquor producer for reportedly over Rs. 1 billion. It was at the time the most significant acquisition made by Aloysius. W.M. Mendis & Co. is one of the four players in the alcohol industry, which is led by the Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka and also includes Rockland Distilleries and International Distilleries Ltd.