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This is a list of justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. [1] Justices are placed in the order in which they took the judicial oath of office and thereby started their term of office. While many of the justices' positions prior to appointment are simply listed as "lawyer", many had part-time positions, such as teaching, or acted as counsel ...
The following is an alphabetical list of notable Sri Lankan judges This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka judges (1 C, 26 P) B. British Ceylon judges (1 C, 36 P) D. District Courts of Sri Lanka judges (20 P) E. Sri Lankan expatriate judges (2 ...
Pages in category "Lists of Sri Lankan judges" ... Chief Justice of Sri Lanka; List of acting chief justices of Sri Lanka This page was ...
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka was created on 18 April 1801 with the "Royal Charter of Justice of 1801 of King George the 3rd establishing the Supreme Courts of the Island of Ceylon" by the British, who controlled most of the island at the time, excluding the inland territory of Kandy.
Pages in category "Judges of the high courts of Sri Lanka" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The High Court in Sri Lanka is the only court which exercises the jurisdiction of the court of first instance and the appellate jurisdiction with both civil and criminal jurisdiction. Article 111 of the Constitution and section 4 of the Judicature Act , No. 2 of 1978 as amended by Act, No. 16 -1989 describes that The High Court must consist of ...
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka is the highest judicial instance and final court of appeal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is composed of the Chief Justice and not less than six and not more than 17 Puisne Justices. Judges are appointed by the President with the nomination of the Parliamentary Council and serve for a lifetime period (65).