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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 High Court of Judicature at Madras is a High Court located in Chennai, India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry . It is one of the oldest high courts of India along with Calcutta High Court in Kolkata [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and Bombay High Court in Mumbai .
Military courts in Sri Lanka are courts martial (the General Court Martial, Field General Court Martial and District Court Martial) convened under the Army Act, the Navy Act or the Air Force Act. [8] A General Court Martial has the jurisdiction similar to a High Court Trial-at-Bar, with the ability to sentence a death penalty. A military Court ...
The Ministry of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms [2] [a] is the cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the implementation of policies, plans and programmes for the administration of the country's justice system, and thereby administers its courts and prisons.
2022 9 May 2022 21 days: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: Gotabaya III: 22 Susil Premajayantha සුසිල් ප්රේමජයන්ත (born 1955) MP for Colombo District: 20 May 2022 23 September 2024 2 years, 126 days: Gotabaya IV: Wickremesinghe: Ranil Wickremesinghe: Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education ...
The parliament of the Sri Lanka has set of ministers. They are categorized either as the ministers of cabinet and non cabinet. According to the 19th amendment the number of cabinet ministers is limited to 28.
2022 Sri Lankan protests: Another curfew is imposed at 7.00 p.m. until 7.00 a.m next morning, but would later be extended by three days. [90] [91] 10 May 2022 Sri Lankan protests: Amidst the violent clashes, the vehicle in which MP Kumara Welgama was travelling in is attacked by a group of individuals in the area of Makumbura. Welgama was given ...
The Sri Lankan courts are presided over by professional judges, judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President with the nomination of the Parliamentary Council, others by the Judicial Service Commission. [3] Sri Lanka has a legal system which is an amalgam of English common law, Roman-Dutch civil law and Customary Law.