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.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
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In its first electoral test since taking power, the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) fell short of expectations, winning only around 40 % of the national vote in Tuesday’s local government election and falling short of enough seats to gain control of the majority of councils.
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