17 new High Court judges appointed

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed 18 new High Court judges. The relevant appointment letters were presented by the President at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon (03).

17 Special Class Judicial Officers and a Senior Government Advocate serving in the Attorney General’s Department have been appointed as High Court judges.

These appointments have been made by the President in accordance with Article 111(2) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

List of new High Court judges appointed as new High Court judges.

List of new High Court judges Previous positions held

  1. S.S.K. Withana District Judge
  2. A.M.I.S. Attanayake District Judge
  3. A.M.M. Riyal District Judge
  4. D.P. Mudunkotuwa District Judge
  5. S.B.H.M.S. Additional District Judge
  6. J. Kajanideepalan District Judge
  7. D.M.D.C. Bandara Senior Assistant, Judicial Service Commission
  8. H.M.B.R. Wijeratne Additional District Judge
  9. D.M.A. Seneviratne Additional District Judge
  10. A.A. Anandaraja Magistrate
  11. G.N. Perera District Judge
  12. A. Judeson District Judge
  13. W.K.D.S. Weeratunga District Judge
  14. R.B.M.D.R. Weligodapitiya District Judge
  15. K.D.N.V. Lankapura Magistrate
  16. D.M.R.D. Dissanayake District Judge
  17. M.I.M. Rizvi District Judge
  18. A. Jayalakshi de Silva Senior Government Ad