President appoints ten new President’s Counsel

23 December 2023 08:40 am Views - 6199

Colombo, Dec 23 (Daily Mirror) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed ten eminent lawyers as the President’s Counsel. They will take the oath of office following a ceremonial sitting of the Supreme Court shortly. Thereafter, the appointees will be considered as the President’s Counsel and will be called to the Inner Bar.

The ten senior Attorneys-at-Law who have been conferred silk by the President are; Chamantha Weerakoon, Dr. Asanga Gunawansa, Mohamed Adamaly, Harsha Fernando, Dr. Sivaji Felix, Faisza Markar, Kaushalya Nawaratne, Upul Kumarapperuma, Viran Corea and Eraj de Silva.