Three Supreme Court judges and one Appeal Court judge were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat today (Jan 09).
Accordingly, Appeal Court President Preethi Padman Surasena, S. Thurairaja and E.A.G.R Amarasekara were sworn in as the new Supreme Court Judges, while High Court judge K.P Fernando was sworn in as an Appeal Court Judge.
On January 07, the Constitutional Council had approved the names of four new judges nominated by President Maithripala Sirisena to fill the vacant positions in higher courts.
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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