President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed 18 new High Court Judges.
The letters of appointment were formally handed over this afternoon (03) at the Presidential Secretariat by President Dissanayake.
Among those appointed are 17 Special Class Judicial Officers and a Senior State Counsel serving in the Attorney General's Department have been appointed as High Court Judges.
These appointments were made by the President in accordance with Article 111 (2) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
List of Newly Appointed High Court Judges:
- Mr. S.S.K. Vithana District Judge
- Mr. A.M.I.S. Attanayake District Judge
- Mr. A.M.M. Riyal District Judge
- Mr. D.P. Mudunkotuwa District Judge
- Mr. S.B.H.M.S. Herath Additional District Judge
- Mr. J. Kajanideepalan District Judge
- Mr. D.M.D.C. Bandara Senior Assistant Secretary, Judicial Service Commission
- Ms. H.M.B.R. Wijeratne Additional District Judge
- Mr. D.M.A. Seneviratne Additional District Judge
- Mr. A.A. Anandaraja Magistrate
- Mr. G.N. Perera District Judge
- Mr. A. Judeson District Judge
- Mrs. W.K.D.S. Weeratunga District Judge
- Mr. R.B.M.D.R. Weligodapitiya District Judge
- Ms. K.D.N.V. Lankapura Magistrate
- Mr. D.M.R.D. Dissanayake District Judge
- Mr. M.I.M. Rizvi District Judge
- Mrs. A. Jayalakshi de Silva Senior State Counsel
Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, was also present on this occasion.
