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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 ...
Supreme Court of India, in its judgement dated 10 July 2013 while disposing the Lily Thomas v. Union of India case (along with Lok Prahari v. Union of India), [1] ruled that any Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) or Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) who is convicted of a crime and given a minimum of two years' imprisonment, loses membership of the House ...
Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde (11 June 1909 – 24 May 1990) was an Indian jurist and politician who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India [1] and later as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. [2] Hegde founded the Nitte Education Trust. He is the father of Santhosh Hegde, who also served as a judge in the Supreme Court of India. [3]
[5] [6] [7] He was a high court judge in Fiji. [8] [9] He was appointed President's Counsel in 2016. [4] Thurairaja was appointed to the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka in September 2016, becoming the first Indian Tamil to be appointed to the court. [2] [4] In October 2018 the Constitutional Council recommended that Thurairaja be appointed to the ...
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). The Supreme Court is the ...
A speaker is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha and of the legislative assembly of each of the twenty-eight states and three union territories. Similarly a chairperson heads the Rajya Sabha and the legislative council of each of the six states, where the upper house in the state legislature exists.
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.
Judges of the Supreme Court: List of judges of the Supreme Court: 9A [4] Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission: Mrs. Preeti Sudan: Chief Election Commissioner: Rajiv Kumar: Comptroller and Auditor General: Shri K Sanjay Murthy: 10 Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha: Harivansh Narayan Singh: Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha ...