New Judges to Supreme Court and Court of Appeal appointed

1 December 2020 05:51 pm Views - 2753

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today appointed six Judges to the Supreme Court, a new Chairman to the Court of Appeal and 14 Judges to the Court of Appeal, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The judges were sworn in before the President at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon.

The new Judges of the Supreme Court are A.H.M. Dilip Nawaz, Kumudini Wickramasinghe, Anthony Lalith Shiran Gunaratne, Janak de Silva, Arachchige Achala Uthpalavarna Wengappuli and Mahinda Abeysinghe Samayawardena.

Justice Arjuna Obeysekera was sworn in as the new Chairman of the Court of Appeal.

Newly appointed 14 Judges of the Court of Appeal are as follows,

01: Menaka Wijesundera

02: D.N.Samarakoon

03: M.Prasantha de Silva

04: M.T.M.Lafaar

05: C. Pradeep Keerthisinghe

06: Sampath B. Abhayakoon

07: M.S.K.B. Wijeratne

08: S.U.B. Karaliyadda

09: R. Gurusinghe

10: G.A.D.Ganepola

11: K.K.A.V.Swarnadhipathi

12: Mayadunne Corea

13: Prabhaharan Kumararatnam and

14: W.N.N.P. Iddawala.