{"id":5414,"date":"2025-05-21T13:02:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.sltdigitalweb.lk\/supremecourt\/?page_id=5414"},"modified":"2025-08-07T04:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:59:20","slug":"judges-of-the-court","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/testing.sltdigitalweb.lk\/supremecourt\/beta3\/judges-of-the-court\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICES OF THE COURT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5414\" class=\"elementor elementor-5414\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bbe38d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent \" data-id=\"8bbe38d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4830075 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4830075\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-280fe63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"280fe63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-280fe63-4965\" class=\"pxl-heading px-sub-title-default-style \">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title style-default highlight-default \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"pxl-heading--text ct-heading--text\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSittings of the <cite>Court<\/cite>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a07e59a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent \" data-id=\"a07e59a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca9245a elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"ca9245a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor highlight-gradient\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner  \">\n\t\t<p><strong>Article 132 of the Constitution\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The several jurisdictions of the Supreme Court is ordinarily exercised in Colombo unless the Chief Justice otherwise directs and, subject to the provisions of the Constitution, is ordinarily exercised at all times by a Bench of at least three Judges ; the Chief Justice may, on his own motion or at the request of two or more Judges hearing any matter or on the application of a party , if the question involved is in the opinion of the Chief Justice one of general and public importance, direct that an appeal, proceeding or matter be heard by a Bench comprising five or more Judges.<\/p><p>Appeals from a High Court Trial at Bar shall be heard by a Bench of five or more Judges.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea11089 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ea11089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ed942 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"93ed942\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-93ed942-8861\" class=\"pxl-heading px-sub-title-default-style \">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-item--subtitle px-sub-title-default \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pxl-item--subtext\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" \">Justices of the Court<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title style-default highlight-default \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"pxl-heading--text ct-heading--text\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJustices of the  <cite>  Supreme Court<\/cite> \n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t            <div class=\"pxl-gap\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        \t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ecf6f3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent \" data-id=\"3ecf6f3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb28528 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"fb28528\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e50c8e2 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_link\" data-id=\"e50c8e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_link.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-link-wrap\">\r\n    <h3 class=\"pxl-widget-title pxl-empty\"><\/h3>\r\n            <ul id=\"pxl-link-pxl_link-e50c8e2-2387\" class=\"pxl-link pxl-link-l1 style-default type-vertical\">\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon. Chief Justice P. Padman Surasena<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\"><a href=\".\/hon-justice-s-thurairaja-pc\/\" style=\"color:#C6C6C6\">Hon. Justice S. Thurairaja, PC<\/a><\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon. Justice Yasantha Kodagoda, PC<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon. Justice A.H.M.D.Nawaz<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon. Justice Kumuduni Wickremasinghe<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon. Justice A.L. Shiran Gooneratne<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon. Justice Janak De Silva<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b1a15b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"1b1a15b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9801719 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_link\" data-id=\"9801719\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_link.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-link-wrap\">\r\n    <h3 class=\"pxl-widget-title pxl-empty\"><\/h3>\r\n            <ul id=\"pxl-link-pxl_link-9801719-7693\" class=\"pxl-link pxl-link-l1 style-default type-vertical\">\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon. Justice Achala Wengappuli<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon. Justice Mahinda Samayawardhena<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon. Justice Arjuna Obeyesekere<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon. Justice K.Priyantha Fernando<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon.Justice Sobhitha Rajakaruna<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\"><a href=\"..\/hon-justice-menaka-wijesundera\/\" >Hon.Justice Menaka Wijesundera<\/a><\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon.Justice Sampath B. Abayakoon<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hon.Justice Sampath K. B. Wijeratne<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08fed47 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent \" data-id=\"08fed47\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad6c5cf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ad6c5cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e820e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent \" data-id=\"7e820e5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0609254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"0609254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-0609254-2889\" class=\"pxl-heading px-sub-title-default-style \">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-item--subtitle px-sub-title-default \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pxl-item--subtext\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" \">History<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title style-default highlight-default \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"pxl-heading--text ct-heading--text\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Historical Lineage of <cite>Chief justices<\/cite> \n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t            <div class=\"pxl-gap\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        \t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e1f092 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent \" data-id=\"1e1f092\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2733c64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"2733c64\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66936ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"66936ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-66936ce-3886\" class=\"pxl-heading px-sub-title-default-style \">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<h6 class=\"pxl-item--title style-default highlight-default \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"pxl-heading--text ct-heading--text\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChief Justices of Ceylon (1801\u20131972)\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b379be elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_link\" data-id=\"8b379be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_link.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-link-wrap\">\r\n    <h3 class=\"pxl-widget-title pxl-empty\"><\/h3>\r\n            <ul id=\"pxl-link-pxl_link-8b379be-1321\" class=\"pxl-link pxl-link-l1 style-default type-vertical\">\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Codrington Edmund Carrington (1801\u20131806)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">William Coke (1807\u20131809)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Alexander Johnston (1811\u20131819)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Richard Ottley (1819\u20131827)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Charles Marshall (1827\u20131833)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">William Norris (1833\u20131836)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Anthony Oliphant (1836\u20131837)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">William Carpenter Rowe (1857\u20131859)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Richard Morgan (1860\u20131875)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">John Budd Phear (1877)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Edward Shepherd Creasy (1879\u20131882)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">John Winfield Bonser (1883\u20131893)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Joseph Turner Hutchinson (1893\u20131902)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Charles Layard (1902\u20131906)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Joseph Turner Hutchinson (1906\u20131911)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Alexander Wood Renton (1911\u20131918)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Thomas De Sampayo (1918\u20131925)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Francis Soertsz (1925\u20131930)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Philip Rodrigo (1930\u20131936)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Leonard de Silva (1936\u20131939)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Arthur Wijewardene (1939\u20131949)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-690444a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"690444a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad170db elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"ad170db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-ad170db-2502\" class=\"pxl-heading px-sub-title-default-style \">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<h6 class=\"pxl-item--title style-default highlight-default \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"pxl-heading--text ct-heading--text\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChief Justices of Sri Lanka (1972\u2013Present)\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1170605 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_link\" data-id=\"1170605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_link.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-link-wrap\">\r\n    <h3 class=\"pxl-widget-title pxl-empty\"><\/h3>\r\n            <ul id=\"pxl-link-pxl_link-1170605-4146\" class=\"pxl-link pxl-link-l1 style-default type-vertical\">\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Edward Jayetileke (1949\u20131950)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Alan Rose (1950\u20131951)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Hema Henry Basnayake (1951\u20131956)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Miliani Sansoni (1956\u20131964)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">H. N. G. Fernando (1964\u20131966)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">G. P. A. Silva (1966\u20131973)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Victor Tennekoon (1974\u20131977)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Neville Samarakoon (1977\u20131984)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Suppiah Sharvananda (1984\u20131988)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Parinda Ranasinghe (1988\u20131991)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Herbert Thambiah (1991)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">G. P. S. de Silva (1991\u20131999)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Sarath N. Silva (1999\u20132009)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Asoka de Silva (2009\u20132011)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Shirani Bandaranayake (2011\u20132013)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Mohan Peiris (2013\u20132015)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">K. Sripavan (2015\u20132017)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Priyasath Dep (2017\u20132018)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Nalin Perera (2018\u20132019)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Jayantha Jayasuriya (2019\u20132023)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"pxl-item--link  \">\r\n                        <a class=\"\" >\r\n                                                            <span class=\"pxl-link--icon bg-normal\">\r\n                                    <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>                                <\/span>\r\n                                                        <span class=\"pxl-link--text\">Murdu Fernando (2024\u20132025)<\/span>\r\n                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sittings of the Court Article 132 of the Constitution\u00a0\u2013 The several jurisdictions of the Supreme Court is ordinarily exercised in Colombo unless the Chief Justice otherwise directs and, subject to the provisions of the Constitution, is ordinarily exercised at all times by a Bench of at least three Judges ; the Chief Justice may, on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5414","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.sltdigitalweb.lk\/supremecourt\/beta3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.sltdigitalweb.lk\/supremecourt\/beta3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.sltdigitalweb.lk\/supremecourt\/beta3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.sltdigitalweb.lk\/supremecourt\/beta3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.sltdigitalweb.lk\/supremecourt\/beta3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5414"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/testing.sltdigitalweb.lk\/supremecourt\/beta3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6567,"href":"https:\/\/testing.sltdigitalweb.lk\/supremecourt\/beta3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5414\/revisions\/6567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.sltdigitalweb.lk\/supremecourt\/beta3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}