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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 Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in Colombo. Vaithalingam joined the judicial service 9 years after being called to the bar, as an Acting Magistrate in Mallakan.For over two decades, he functioned as a Magistrate and District Judge in different parts of the island and in October, 1962, he was appointed a Commissioner of Assize.
Arseculeratne v. Priyani Soysa is a landmark and controversial case of alleged medical malpractice in Sri Lanka.Apart from being the first such case in recent times, it is also unique because the principal parties to the case were well known professionals of the country - lawyer Rienzie Arseculeratne (Plaintiff) and Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics, Priyani Soysa (Defendant).
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 ...
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that President Maithripala Sirisena's order to dissolve Parliament and hold new elections was unconstitutional, a much ...
Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: Asoka de Silva: 1946 – 1 August 2001 – 17 May 2011 8 June 2009 – 17 May 2011 3,576 708 Kumaratunga: University of Peradeniya University of Colombo University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign: President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: Chandra Nihal Jayasinghe: 19 February 2003 – 29 ...
The French are often caricatured as a bunch of laid-back bon vivants who hang out philosophizing about existence. But the French are dead serious about intellectual property rights -- and they're ...