Twenty one new judges were sworn in to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (1).
Six of the judges were appointed to the Supreme Court and 15 others to the Court of Appeal.
The newly appointed Supreme Court judges are justices A H M Dilip Nawaz, Kumudini Wickremesinghe, Shiran Gooneratne, Janak de Silva, Achala Wengappuli and Mahinda Abeysinghe Samayawardhena:
Justice Arjuna Obesekera gave oath as the new President of the Court of Appeal.
The other newly appointed Appeal Court Judges are justices Menaka Wijesundara, D N Samarakoon, Prasantha De Silva, M.T.M Lafar, Pradeep Keerthisinha, Sampath Abekoon, M.S.K.B. Wijerathna, S.U.B. Karaliyadda, R. Gurusingha, G.A.D Ganepola, K.K.A.V Swarnadipathi, Mayadunna Coraya, Prabaharana Kumararathnam and W.N.N.P Iddawala.
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Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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