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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I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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