President appoints 18 new High Court Judges

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President Anura Kumara Disanayake

President Anura Kumara Disanayake has appointed 18 new High Court Judges.

The letters of appointment were formally handed over yesterday at the Presidential Secretariat by President Disanayake.

Among those appointed are 17 Special Class Judicial Officers and a Senior State Counsel serving in the Attorney General’s Department.

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

Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake was also present on this occasion.

The list of newly appointed High Court Judges:

S.S.K. Vithana – District Judge
A.M.I.S. Attanayake – District Judge
A.M.M. Riyal – District Judge
D.P. Mudunkotuwa – District Judge
S.B.H.M.S. Herath – Additional District Judge
J. Kajanideepalan – District Judge
D.M.D.C. Bandara – Senior Assistant Secretary, Judicial Service Commission
H.M.B.R. Wijeratne – Additional District Judge
D.M.A. Seneviratne – Additional District Judge
A.A. Anandaraja – Magistrate
G.N. Perera – District Judge
A. Judeson – District Judge
W.K.D.S. Weeratunga – District Judge
R.B.M.D.R. Weligodapitiya – District Judge
K.D.N.V. Lankapura – Magistrate
D.M.R.D. Dissanayake – District Judge
M.I.M. Rizvi – District Judge
A. Jayalakshi de Silva – Senior State Counsel