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:
o Mr. S.S.K. Vithana – District Judge
o Mr. A.M.I.S. Attanayake – District Judge
o Mr. A.M.M. Riyal – District Judge
o Mr. D.P. Mudunkotuwa – District Judge
o Mr. S.B.H.M.S. Herath – Additional District Judge
o Mr. J. Kajanideepalan – District Judge
o Mr. D.M.D.C. Bandara – Senior Assistant Secretary, Judicial Service Commission
o Ms. H.M.B.R. Wijeratne – Additional District Judge
o Mr. D.M.A. Seneviratne – Additional District Judge
o Mr. A.A. Anandaraja – Magistrate
o Mr. G.N. Perera – District Judge
o Mr. A. Judeson – District Judge
o Mrs. W.K.D.S. Weeratunga – District Judge
o Mr. R.B.M.D.R. Weligodapitiya – District Judge
o Ms. K.D.N.V. Lankapura – Magistrate
o Mr. D.M.R.D. Dissanayake – District Judge
o Mr. M.I.M. Rizvi – District Judge
o Mrs. A. Jayalakshi de Silva – Senior State Counsel
Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, was also present on this occasion.
