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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 ...
In 2021, Karnataka State Bar Council also requested Rs 25 crores financial grant to its members due to courts lockdown and their limited function due to Covid and made the representation to Karnataka Chief Minister. [6] Karnataka Bar Council in 2021 suspended a lawyer representing a victim who was a party in a case involving sleaze CD. [15]
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 .
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 .
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To practice law in Sri Lanka one must be admitted and enrolled as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. This is achieved by passing law exams at the Sri Lanka Law College which are administered by the Council of Legal Education and spending a period of six months under a practicing attorney of at least eight years standing as an ...
Maureen Seneviratne: [503] First female appointed as a President's Counsel in Sri Lanka (1983) Mallika Prematilake: [499] First female magistrate (1979) and District Court Judge (1985) in Sri Lanka; Shiranee Tilakawardane: [504] [505] First female to serve as a Judge of the High Court (1988). She is also the first female appointed as a State ...
On 19 November 2015 Chitrasiri was recommended to the Constitutional Council by President Maithripala Sirisena to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. [4] On 3 December 2015 Chitrasiri was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court, at the President's office in the parliament complex.