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The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) is the Bar Association in Sri Lanka, established in 1974.The institute amalgamated the Bar Council of Sri Lanka which represented the Advocates and Law Society of Sri Lanka which represented the Proctors, following which both branches were merged into a group of practitioners called Attorneys-At-Law under the Justice Law No. 44 of 1973 .
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 appointment is made by the President of Sri Lanka by letters patent, thereafter the appointed President's Counsel takes the oath of office at a ceremonial sitting of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka at which point the appointee is considered a President's Counsel and are called to the Inner Bar.
The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka. The president is a dominant political figure in the country. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene.
The chief justice of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head of the judiciary of Sri Lanka and the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Established in 1801, the chief justice is one of ten Supreme Court justices; the other nine are the puisne justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The post was created in 1801.
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.
The media, other than the state-owned media, were banned from the ceremony which was boycotted by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), the largest lawyers association in the country. [19] [20] The ceremony was however attended by other judges including the associate judges of the Supreme Court. [21] Peiris' appointment drew some criticism.