By Ranjith Padmasiri
Chief Justice Murdu Fernando has forwarded the names of four senior High Court judges to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to fill four existing vacancies in the Court of Appeal.
Accordingly, the names of Kandy High Court Judge Sumudu Premachandra, Colombo High Court Judge K. Priyantha Fernando, Trincomalee High Court Judge Prema Shankar and Colombo Civil High Court Judge Frank Gunawardena have been forwarded to the President.
Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe meanwhile, has forwarded the names of Senior Deputy Solicitors General Lakmali Karunanayake and Sudarshana De Silva on behalf of the AG’s Department to fill the vacancies.
The President will pick those from among these nominees that he believes are suitable to serve on the Court of Appeal and forward them to the Constitutional Council (CC) for approval. The CC is next set to convene on February 5.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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