No.
|
Name
|
Province
|
Birth/death
|
Term of active service
|
Term of service as chief
|
Length in days of active service
|
Length in days as chief
|
Appointed by
|
Law school
|
Position prior to appointment
|
1
|
Codrington Edmund Carrington
|
England
|
1769–1849
|
March 1801 – 2 April 1806
|
March 1801 – 2 April 1806
|
|
|
North
|
—
|
Counsel to the East India Company
|
2
|
Edmund Henry Lushington
|
England
|
1766–1839
|
5 September 1801 – 1809
|
15 April 1807 – 1809
|
|
|
North
|
University of Cambridge
|
Barrister
|
3
|
Alexander Johnston
|
Scotland
|
1775–1849
|
15 April 1807 – 14 February 1809♦ 6 November 1811 – 1819
|
6 November 1811 – 1819
|
671+?
|
|
Maitland
|
University of Göttingen
|
Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
|
4
|
William Coke
|
England
|
1776–1818
|
6 March 1809 – 1 September 1818 ♦†
|
6 March 1809 – 1811[N 1]
|
3,466
|
|
Maitland
|
University of Oxford
|
Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
|
5
|
Henry Byrne
|
|
|
5 November 1818 – 1819
|
—
|
|
—
|
Brownrigg
|
|
Barrister
|
6
|
Ambrose Hardinge Giffard
|
Ireland
|
1771–1827
|
8 April 1819 – 2 March 1827
|
8 April 1819 – 2 March 1827
|
2,885
|
2,885
|
Brownrigg
|
Trinity College Dublin
|
Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
|
7
|
Richard Ottley
|
|
1782–1845
|
8 May 1820 – 1833
|
1 November 1827 – 1833
|
|
|
Barnes
|
|
Chief Justice of Grenada
|
8
|
Henry Matthews
|
England
|
1789–1828
|
10 October 1827 – 1828
|
—
|
|
—
|
Barnes
|
University of Cambridge
|
Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
|
9
|
Charles Marshall
|
England
|
1788–1873
|
14 June 1828 – 3 March 1836♦
|
18 February 1833 – 3 March 1836
|
2,850
|
1,109
|
Barnes
|
University of Cambridge
|
|
10
|
William Rough
|
England
|
1772–1838
|
18 February 1833 — 1838
|
—
|
|
—
|
Wilmot-Horton
|
University of Cambridge
|
|
11
|
William Norris
|
England
|
1795–1859
|
1834 – 1837
|
27 April 1836 – 1837
|
|
|
Wilmot-Horton
|
|
Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
|
12
|
John Jeremie
|
Guernsey
|
1795–1841
|
10 March 1836 – 1840
|
—
|
|
—
|
Wilmot-Horton
|
|
Public prosecutor of Mauritius
|
13
|
John Fredrick Stoddart
|
Malta
|
1805–1839
|
2 June 1838 – 19 August 1839†
|
—
|
443
|
—
|
Stewart-Mackenzie
|
University of Glasgow
|
|
14
|
Anthony Oliphant
|
Scotland
|
1793–1859
|
22 October 1838 – 1854
|
22 October 1838 – 1854
|
|
|
Stewart-Mackenzie
|
|
Attorney General of the Cape Colony
|
15
|
J. G. Hillebrand
|
|
|
23 November 1839 – 1841
|
—
|
|
—
|
Stewart-Mackenzie
|
|
|
16
|
William Ogle Carr
|
England
|
1802–1856
|
19 December 1939 — 1856
|
17 April 1854 – 1856
|
|
|
Stewart-Mackenzie
|
|
King's Advocate of Ceylon
|
17
|
John Stark
|
Scotland
|
|
10 October 1840 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Stewart-Mackenzie
|
|
Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
|
18
|
Christopher Temple
|
|
|
28 January 1854 – 1873
|
—
|
|
—
|
Anderson
|
University of Cambridge
|
Judge of the District Court of Colombo
|
19
|
Paul Ivy Sterling
|
|
– 1880
|
20 November 1855 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Ward
|
Trinity College Dublin
|
Attorney General of Hong Kong
|
20
|
William Carpenter Rowe
|
England
|
1801–1859
|
1857 – 1859
|
1857–1859
|
|
|
Ward
|
University of Oxford
|
|
21
|
Edward Shepherd Creasy
|
England
|
1812–1878
|
27 March 1860 – 1875
|
27 March 1860 – 1875
|
|
—
|
Ward
|
University of Cambridge
|
|
22
|
Richard Morgan
|
Western Province
|
1821–1876
|
1860 – 1860 1857 – 1857
|
—
|
|
—
|
Ward
|
|
Judge of the District Court of Colombo
|
23
|
George Lawson
|
|
|
1860 – 1861 1871 – 1872
|
—
|
|
—
|
Ward
|
University of Cambridge
|
Judge of the District Court of Colombo
|
24
|
Henry Byerley Thomson
|
|
1822–1867
|
1 January 1863 – 1866
|
—
|
|
—
|
MacCarthy
|
University College London University of Cambridge
|
Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
|
25
|
Charles Henry Stewart
|
|
1824–1894
|
11 January 1867 – 1879 ♦[N 2]
|
—
|
|
—
|
Robinson
|
|
Deputy Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
|
26
|
Richard Cayley
|
England
|
1833–1908
|
26 July 1874 – 1882
|
1 October 1879 – 1882
|
|
—
|
Gregory
|
University of Cambridge
|
Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
|
27
|
Lovell Burchett Clarence
|
England
|
1838–1917
|
4 April 1876 – 1888
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gregory
|
University of Cambridge
|
Acting Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
|
28
|
Harry Dias Bandaranaike
|
British Ceylon
|
1822–1901
|
1876 5 July 1879 – 1892
|
— Acting Chief Justice [N 3]
|
|
—
|
Gregory Longden
|
University of Cambridge
|
Barrister
|
29
|
William Hackett
|
Ireland
|
1824–1877
|
3 February 1877 — 1877
|
3 February 1877 — 1877
|
|
—
|
Gregory
|
Trinity College Dublin
|
Chief Justice of Fiji
|
30
|
John Budd Phear
|
England
|
1825–1905
|
13 November 1877 – 30 September 1879
|
13 November 1877 – 30 September 1879
|
686
|
686
|
Longden
|
University of Cambridge
|
High Court of Calcutta
|
31
|
Archibald Campbell Lawrie
|
Scotland
|
1837–1914
|
6 July 1892 – 1901[N 4]
|
—
|
|
—
|
Longden
|
|
Judge of the District Court of Kandy
|
32
|
Jacobus de Wet
|
South Africa
|
1838–1900
|
31 May 1882 – 29 May 1883
|
31 May 1882 – 29 May 1883
|
363
|
363
|
Longden
|
Leiden University University of London
|
|
33
|
Bruce Burnside
|
Bahamas
|
1833–1909
|
21 May 1883 – 1893[N 5]
|
21 May 1883 – 1893
|
|
—
|
Longden
|
|
Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
|
34
|
John Winfield Bonser
|
England
|
1847–1914
|
13 November 1893 – 1902
|
13 November 1893 – 1902
|
|
|
Havelock
|
University of Cambridge
|
Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements
|
35
|
George Henry Withers
|
|
|
6 July 1892 – 1900
|
—
|
|
—
|
Havelock
|
|
|
36
|
Dodwell Browne
|
Ireland
|
1841–1920
|
1895 – 1895
|
—
|
|
—
|
Havelock
|
Trinity College Dublin
|
Judge of the District Court of Colombo
|
37
|
Frederick Charles Moncrieff
|
|
|
4 April 1900 – 1905
|
—
|
|
—
|
Ridgeway
|
|
Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Mauritius
|
38
|
Henry Lorensz Wendt
|
Western Province
|
1858–1911
|
15 October 1901 – 28 November 1910
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
University of Calcutta
|
Unofficial member of the Legislative Council
|
39
|
John Page Middleton
|
England
|
1851–1932
|
28 January 1902 – 1912
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Cyprus
|
40
|
Charles Layard
|
Western
|
|
26 April 1902 – 18 June 1906
|
26 April 1902 – 18 June 1906
|
1,514
|
1,514
|
|
|
|
41
|
Joseph Richard Grenier
|
British Ceylon
|
1852 – 1926
|
28 November 1910 – 1912♦[N 6]
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
42
|
Alexander Wood Renton
|
Scotland
|
|
3 September 1905 – 1918
|
22 August 1914 – 1918
|
|
—
|
Blake
|
University of Edinburgh
|
Attorneys general of Mauritius
|
43
|
Joseph Turner Hutchinson
|
England
|
1850–1924
|
23 October 1906 – 1 May 1911
|
23 October 1906 – 1 May 1911
|
1,651
|
1,651
|
Blake
|
University of Cambridge
|
Chief Justice of Cyprus
|
44
|
Alfred Lascelles
|
England
|
1857–1952
|
1 May 1911 – 1914
|
1 May 1911 – 1914
|
|
—
|
McCallum
|
University of Oxford
|
Attorney General of Ceylon
|
45
|
Walter Pereira
|
|
1856-1915
|
4 July 1912 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
McCallum
|
University of Calcutta
|
Solicitor General of Ceylon
|
46
|
James Van Langenberg
|
Western
|
1866–1915
|
1912 – 1915
|
—
|
|
—
|
McCallum
|
University of Oxford
|
Solicitor General of Ceylon
|
47
|
Thomas de Sampayo
|
Western
|
1855–1927
|
1915 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
University of Cambridge
|
Commissioner of Assize
|
48
|
George Francis Macdaniel Ennis
|
|
|
5 August 1912 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
49
|
Walter Shaw
|
England
|
1863–1937
|
10 December 1914 – 1921
|
—
|
|
—
|
Chalmers
|
University of Cambridge
|
Chief Justice of British Honduras
|
50
|
Stewart Schneider
|
Western
|
1864–1938
|
1917 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Anderson
|
|
Solicitor General of Ceylon
|
51
|
Anton Bertram
|
England
|
1869–1937
|
26 July 1918 – 1925
|
26 July 1918 – 1925
|
|
|
Stubbs
|
University of Cambridge
|
Attorney General of Ceylon
|
52
|
Hermann Albert Loos
|
Western
|
1865 – ?
|
1919–1920
|
—
|
|
—
|
Manning
|
University College London, University of Cambridge
|
Judge of the District Court of Colombo
|
53
|
William Thomas Porter
|
England
|
1877 – 1928
|
12 January 1922 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
54
|
Thomas Garvin
|
|
1881–1940
|
21 June 1921 – 1935
|
—
|
|
—
|
Manning
|
Colombo Law College
|
Solicitor General of Ceylon
|
55
|
John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene
|
|
1877–1927
|
1923 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Manning
|
|
Judge of the District Court of Colombo
|
56
|
Llewelyn Dalton
|
|
1871–1945
|
14 March 1925 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Manning
|
University of Cambridge
|
Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast
|
57
|
Lewis Matthew Maartensz
|
Western
|
1876–1942
|
18 February 1935 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
58
|
Maas Thajoon Akbar
|
|
1880–1944
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
University of Cambridge
|
Solicitor General of Ceylon
|
59
|
Charles Ernest St. John Branch
|
|
1865–1939
|
3 July 1925 – 25 May 1926
|
3 July 1925 – 25 May 1926
|
326
|
326
|
|
Durham University
|
|
60
|
Stanley Fisher
|
England
|
1867–1949
|
11 December 1926 – 1930
|
11 December 1926 – 1930
|
|
|
Clifford
|
|
Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago
|
61
|
Robert Lyall-Grant
|
Scotland
|
1875—1955
|
17 February 1926 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Clifford
|
University of Aberdeen University of Edinburgh
|
Attorney General of Kenya
|
62
|
Allen Drieberg
|
Western
|
1873–1938
|
19 September 1927 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Fletcher
|
|
|
63
|
Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene
|
Western
|
1874–1932
|
May 1928 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Fletcher
|
|
Member of the Colombo Municipal Council
|
64
|
Philip James Macdonell
|
|
1873–1940
|
3 October 1930 – 1936
|
3 October 1930 – 1936
|
|
|
Stanley
|
University of Oxford
|
Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago
|
65
|
Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva
|
Western
|
1893–1962
|
1933 – 1934
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
University of Cambridge
|
Solicitor General of Ceylon
|
66
|
William Edward Barber
|
|
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
67
|
Francis Harold Bertram
|
|
|
19 February 1935 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Stubbs
|
|
|
68
|
Kenneth Poyser
|
England
|
1882 – 1943
|
– 1939
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
University of Oxford
|
Attorney General of Uganda
|
69
|
Francis Soertsz
|
|
1886 – 1951
|
12 November 1936 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Stubbs
|
|
|
70
|
Sidney Abrahams
|
England
|
1885–1957
|
3 July 1936 – 1939
|
3 July 1936 – 1939
|
|
|
Stubbs
|
University of Cambridge
|
|
71
|
Francis Moseley
|
|
|
2 August 1936 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Stubbs
|
|
|
72
|
Vincent Fernando
|
|
|
11 November 1937 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Stubbs
|
|
|
73
|
Hector Hearne
|
|
1892–1962
|
21 May 1937 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Stubbs
|
|
Puisne Justice of Tanganyika
|
74
|
Arthur Eric Keuneman
|
|
|
4 March 1938 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Caldecott
|
University of Cambridge
|
|
75
|
Oswald Leslie De Kretser II
|
Western
|
1882–1959
|
8 April 1938 – 1945
|
—
|
|
—
|
Caldecott
|
University College, Colombo
|
Commissioner of Assize
|
76
|
Arthur Wijewardena
|
|
1887–1964
|
22 August 1938 – 1950
|
15 January 1949 – 1950
|
|
|
Caldecott
|
University of Cambridge
|
Solicitor General of Ceylon
|
77
|
John Harry Barclay Nihill
|
England
|
1892–1975
|
18 November 1938 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Caldecott
|
University of Cambridge
|
Attorney General of British Guiana
|
78
|
John Curtois Howard
|
England
|
1887–1970
|
1 December 1939 – 1945
|
1 December 1939 – 1945
|
|
|
Caldecott
|
University of Cambridge
|
Attorney General of Cyprus
|
79
|
G. H. F. Cannon
|
|
1885 –
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
Caldecott
|
University of Oxford
|
|
80
|
Edward Jayetileke
|
|
1888–1975
|
14 May 1942 – 11 October 1951
|
1950 – 11 October 1951
|
3,437
|
|
Caldecott
|
|
Solicitor General of Ceylon
|
81
|
Alan Rose
|
England
|
1899–1975
|
11 January 1945 – 1956
|
11 October 1951 – 1956
|
|
|
Moore
|
University of Cambridge
|
Solicitor General of British Palestine
|
82
|
A. R. H. Canakeratne
|
|
1886–1960
|
28 March 1945 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Moore
|
Ceylon Law College University of London
|
Commissioner of Assize
|
83
|
M. W. H. de Silva
|
|
1886–1960
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
Moore
|
University of London
|
Attorney General of Ceylon
|
84
|
Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike II
|
|
1891–1951
|
3 September 1946 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Moore
|
University of Cambridge
|
Judge of the District Court of Colombo
|
85
|
C. Nagalingam
|
|
1893–1958
|
22 July 1947 – 1958
|
—
|
|
—
|
Moore
|
Ceylon Law College
|
Attorney General of Ceylon
|
86
|
Ralph Windham
|
England
|
1905–1980
|
23 July 1947 – 1950
|
—
|
|
—
|
Moore
|
University of Cambridge
|
Judge of the District Court of Palestine
|
87
|
Hema Henry Basnayake
|
|
1902–1981
|
23 October 1947 – 3 August 1964
|
1 January 1956 – 3 August 1964
|
6,129
|
3,137
|
Senanayake
|
|
Attorney General of Ceylon
|
88
|
Noel Gratiaen
|
|
1904–1973
|
22 March 1948 – 2 May 1956
|
—
|
2,963
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
University of Oxford
|
Member of Parliament
|
89
|
E. H. T. Gunasekera
|
|
1900–1962
|
1 March 1949 – 25 January 1962
|
—
|
4,713
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
|
|
90
|
M. F. S. Pulle
|
|
1898–1975
|
28 September 1949 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
|
|
91
|
V. L. St. C. Swan
|
|
1894–1961
|
1 May 1950 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
|
|
92
|
H. A. de Silva
|
|
1891 –
|
30 November 1950 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
|
|
93
|
Kairshasp Choksy
|
Western
|
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
94
|
Henry Weerasooriya
|
|
1902 –
|
10 July 1953 – 24 February 1964
|
—
|
3,881
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
University of London
|
|
95
|
K. D. de Silva
|
|
1898 –
|
10 July 1953 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
|
|
96
|
Miliani Sansoni
|
|
1904 – 1979
|
10 May 1954 – 17 November 1966
|
3 August 1964 – 17 November 1966
|
4,574
|
836
|
Kotelawala
|
University of London
|
|
97
|
Hugh Fernando
|
|
1910–1976
|
16 May 1955 – 17 November 1973
|
20 November 1966 – 17 November 1973
|
6,760
|
2,554
|
Kotelawala
|
|
|
98
|
T. S. Fernando
|
|
1906 –
|
2 May 1956 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
University of London Colombo Law College
|
Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
|
99
|
Nadaraja Sinnetamby
|
|
1900 –
|
3 May 1956 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
University of London
|
|
100
|
Lionel W. de Silva
|
|
1898 –
|
5 November 1959 – ♦
|
—
|
|
—
|
Dahanayake
|
|
|
101
|
Leonard de Silva
|
|
1904 –
|
16 August 1966 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
|
|
102
|
Henry Thambiah
|
Northern
|
1906–1997
|
1 December 1961 – 27 May 1968
|
—
|
2,369
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
University College, Colombo Ceylon Law College University of London
|
Commissioner of Assize
|
103
|
Kingsley Herath
|
|
|
25 January 1962 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
|
|
104
|
Asoka Abeyesundere
|
Southern
|
1906–1988
|
20 April 1962 – 3 May 1968
|
—
|
2,205
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
University of London Ceylon Law College
|
|
105
|
P. Sriskandarajah
|
|
1905–1968
|
22 June 1962 – 8 February 1967
|
—
|
1,692
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
Ceylon University College Ceylon Law College
|
Commissioner of Assize
|
106
|
Gardiye Punchihewage Amaraseela Silva
|
|
1913 –
|
22 June 1962 – 1974
|
1973–1974
|
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
University of London
|
|
107
|
Lionel Sirimanne
|
|
1909–1974
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
|
|
108
|
V. Manicavasagar
|
Western
|
1906–1993
|
17 December 1964 – 14 December 1967
|
—
|
1,092
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
Colombo Law College
|
Commissioner of Assize
|
109
|
Eugene Reginald de Fonseka
|
Western
|
1912–2003
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
Ceylon University College Ceylon Law College University of London
|
Commissioner of Assize, Deputy Solicitor-General
|
109
|
A. C. Alles
|
Central
|
1911–2003
|
1964 – 1974
|
—
|
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
University of Ceylon Ceylon Law College University of London
|
Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
|
110
|
V. Sivasubramaniam
|
|
1908–1985
|
1966 – 1970
|
—
|
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
University of London
|
Commissioner of Assize
|
111
|
George Samerawickrame
|
|
1916 –
|
18 November 1966 – 9 April 1981
|
—
|
5,256
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
University College, Colombo
|
|
112
|
Victor Tennekoon
|
Central
|
1914 –
|
8 February 1967 – 1 July 1970 1 January 1974 – 8 September 1977
|
1 January 1974 – 8 September 1977
|
1,239+1,346
|
1,346
|
Senanayake
|
University of London Ceylon Law College
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
113
|
Christopher Weeramantry
|
Western
|
1926–2017
|
1967 – 30 April 1972
|
—
|
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
University of Ceylon University of London
|
Commissioner of Assize
|
114
|
Oswald Leslie De Kretser III
|
Western
|
1910 –
|
1968 – 21 January 1972
|
—
|
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
University College, Colombo University of London
|
Judge of the District Court of Panadura
|
115
|
Samarapilimudalige Wijayatilake
|
Central
|
1912–1990
|
1968 – 16 May 1975
|
—
|
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
University College, Colombo Ceylon Law College
|
Commissioner of Assize
|
116
|
Pandita Gunawadena
|
|
1909 –
|
1968 – 10 February 1971
|
—
|
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
|
|
117
|
Vincent Thamotheram
|
|
1915 –
|
23 March 1970 – 1980
|
—
|
|
—
|
Senanayake
|
University College, Colombo Ceylon Law College
|
Commissioner of Assize
|
118
|
Hector Deheragoda
|
|
1913 –
|
22 February 1972 – 27 December 1976
|
—
|
1,770
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
University of London
|
|
119
|
Cuda Banda Walgampaya
|
|
1913 –
|
22 February 1972 – 3 January 1976
|
—
|
1,411
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
University of London
|
|
120
|
Jaya Pathirana
|
|
1921–2000
|
22 February 1972 – 1978
|
—
|
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
University of London
|
|
121
|
Dharmadasa Wimalaratne
|
|
1920 –
|
10 April 1972 – ? 20 October 1980 – 15 September 1985
|
—
|
1,791
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
|
|
122
|
Tellipalai Rajaratnam
|
|
1920–1994
|
10 April 1972 – 1978
|
—
|
|
—
|
Bandaranaike
|
University of London
|
Commissioner of Assize
|
123
|
Donald Sirimanne
|
|
1914 –
|
1973 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gopallawa
|
|
|
124
|
Cyril Udalagama
|
|
1918 –
|
1 January 1974 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gopallawa
|
University of London
|
|
125
|
T. A. de S. Wijesundera
|
|
1920 –
|
1 January 1974 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gopallawa
|
|
|
126
|
Malcolm Perera
|
|
1923 –
|
1 January 1974 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gopallawa
|
|
|
127
|
Izadean Mohamed Ismail
|
|
1916 –
|
1 January 1974 – 18 December 1981
|
—
|
2,908
|
—
|
Gopallawa
|
|
|
128
|
Joe Weereratne
|
|
1917 –
|
1 January 1974 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gopallawa
|
University of London
|
|
129
|
Arulampalam Vythialingam
|
|
1916 –
|
1 January 1974 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gopallawa
|
|
|
130
|
Noel Tittawela
|
|
1923 –
|
1 January 1974 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gopallawa
|
University of London
|
|
131
|
Suppiah Sharvananda
|
Northern
|
1923–2007
|
1 January 1974 – 1988
|
29 October 1984 – 1988
|
|
|
Gopallawa
|
Colombo Law College University of London
|
|
132
|
Somaratne Walpita
|
|
1919 –
|
1 January 1974 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gopallawa
|
|
|
133
|
Wilmot Gunasekera
|
|
1922 –
|
2 May 1974 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gopallawa
|
University of London
|
|
134
|
Barnes Ratwatte II
|
|
1918–2004
|
2 December 1974 – ? 11 April 1981 – 22 November 1983
|
—
|
955
|
—
|
Gopallawa Jayewardene
|
Ceylon Law College
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
135
|
Raja Wanasundera
|
Sabaragamuwa
|
1924–2012
|
5 June 1975 – ?
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gopallawa
|
University College, Colombo Ceylon Law College University of London Stanford University
|
Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
|
136
|
Percy Colin-Thomé
|
Southern
|
1922 –
|
12 January 1976 – 1977 29 December 1981 – ?
|
—
|
|
—
|
Gopallawa Jayewardene
|
University of Ceylon University of Cambridge
|
Judge of the High Court of Colombo
|
137
|
Neville Samarakoon
|
|
1919–1990
|
– 21 October 1984
|
1977 – 21 October 1984
|
|
|
Jayewardene
|
University College, Colombo Colombo Law College
|
|
138
|
Victor Perera
|
|
|
24 July 1981 – 18 August 1983
|
—
|
755
|
—
|
Jayewardene
|
|
|
139
|
J. F. A. Soza
|
Western
|
1919–2013
|
26 January 1982 – 3 February 1984
|
—
|
738
|
—
|
Jayewardene
|
University of London
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
140
|
Parinda Ranasinghe
|
|
1926 –
|
15 November 1982 – 1991
|
1988–1991
|
|
|
Jayewardene
|
Colombo Law College
|
|
141
|
Abdul Cader
|
|
1920 –
|
8 December 1982 – 28 May 1985
|
—
|
902
|
—
|
Jayewardene
|
University of London
|
|
142
|
Heevi Rodrigo
|
|
1919 –
|
8 December 1982 – 4 December 1984
|
—
|
727
|
—
|
Jayewardene
|
|
|
143
|
E. A. D. Atukorale
|
|
1924 –
|
27 November 1984 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Jayewardene
|
|
|
144
|
Herbert Thambiah
|
Northern
|
1926–1992
|
27 November 1984 – 1992
|
1991–1991
|
|
|
Jayewardene
|
University of Ceylon Ceylon Law College
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
145
|
Lucian Hector de Alwis
|
|
– 2018
|
27 November 1984 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Jayewardene
|
|
|
146
|
O. S. M. Seneviratne
|
Southern
|
1924–2007
|
10 February 1986 – 1989
|
—
|
|
—
|
Jayewardene
|
University of Ceylon Ceylon Law College
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
147
|
H. A. G. de Silva
|
|
1925 –
|
10 February 1986 –
|
—
|
|
—
|
Jayewardene
|
University of London
|
Justice of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Mark Fernando
|
|
1941–2009
|
4 March 1988 – 2005
|
—
|
|
—
|
Jayewardene
|
University of Ceylon, Peradeniya
|
|
|
A. R. B. Amerasinghe
|
|
1937–2013
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
A. R. N. Fernando
|
|
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
Ameer Ismail
|
|
|
1990–1994
|
—
|
|
—
|
Premadasa
|
University of Ceylon Ceylon Law College
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Andrew Ranjan Perera
|
|
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
Pathmanathan Ramanathan
|
|
1932–2006
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
University of Wales
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
K. M. M. B. Kulatunge
|
|
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
G. P. S. de Silva
|
|
|
–
|
1991–1999
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sarath N. Silva
|
|
|
1995 – 16 September 1999
|
16 September 1999 – 7 June 2009
|
|
3,552
|
Kumaratunga
|
Sri Lanka Law College University of Brussels
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Shirani Bandaranayake
|
North Western
|
1958 –
|
30 October 1996 – 13 January 2013 28 January 2015 – 29 January 2015
|
18 May 2011 – 13 January 2013 28 January 2015 – 29 January 2015
|
5,919+1
|
606+1
|
Kumaratunga
|
University of Colombo University of London
|
Unofficial Bar
|
|
Asoka De Zoysa Gunawardana[2]
|
Western
|
1942–2004
|
1997–1999
|
|
|
|
Kumaratunga
|
Sri Lanka Law College
University of Sydney (PhD)
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
C. V. Vigneswaran
|
Western
|
1939 –
|
March 2001 – October 2004
|
—
|
|
—
|
Kumaratunga
|
University of Ceylon Ceylon Law College
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Asoka de Silva
|
|
1946 –
|
1 August 2001 – 17 May 2011
|
8 June 2009 – 17 May 2011
|
3,576
|
708
|
Kumaratunga
|
University of Peradeniya University of Colombo University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Chandra Nihal Jayasinghe
|
|
|
19 February 2003 – 29 February 2008
|
—
|
1,836
|
—
|
Kumaratunga
|
University of Colombo University of Lund
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Nimal Dissanayake
|
|
|
– 23 April 2008
|
—
|
|
—
|
Kumaratunga
|
|
|
|
Shiranee Tilakawardane
|
|
|
19 February 2003 – 5 April 2014
|
—
|
1,901
|
—
|
Kumaratunga
|
Sri Lanka Law College
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Nimal Gamini Amaratunga
|
|
|
January 2005 – March 2014
|
—
|
|
—
|
Kumaratunga
|
University of Colombo International Maritime Law Institute
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
|
Saleem Marsoof
|
|
|
February 2005 – 2014
|
—
|
|
—
|
Kumaratunga
|
University of Colombo, University of San Diego School of Law
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Andrew Somawansa
|
North Western
|
|
28 May 2006 – October 2008
|
—
|
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
University of Ceylon University of Nevada
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Jagath Balapatabendi
|
Southern
|
|
–
|
—
|
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
Ceylon Law College
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
|
K. Sripavan
|
|
1952 –
|
27 March 2008 – 28 February 2017
|
30 January 2015 – 28 February 2017
|
3,260
|
760
|
Rajapaksa
|
Sri Lanka Law College
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
|
P. A. Ratnayake
|
|
|
2 May 2008 – 15 February 2013
|
—
|
1,751
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
University of Brussels
|
|
|
Chandra Ekanayake
|
|
|
November 2008 – March 2016
|
—
|
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
Sri Lanka Law College
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
S. I. Imam
|
Central
|
|
9 January 2009 – 20 February 2013
|
—
|
1,503
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
|
R. K. S. Suresh Chandra
|
|
|
17 June 2010 – July 2012
|
—
|
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
|
|
|
Sathya Hettige
|
|
|
10 July 2011 – 18 April 2014
|
—
|
1,013
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
University of Colombo
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Priyasath Dep
|
|
1953 –
|
10 July 2011 – 2 March 2017
|
2 March 2017 – 12 October 2018
|
2,062
|
588
|
Rajapaksa
|
University of Colombo International Institute of Social Studies
|
Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
|
|
Eva Wanasundera
|
North Western
|
1954 –
|
7 July 2012 – 14 December 2018
|
—
|
2,351
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
Sri Lanka Law College University of Leicester
|
Attorney General of Sri Lanka
|
|
Mohan Peiris♠
|
|
|
15 January 2013 – 28 January 2015
|
15 January 2013 – 28 January 2015
|
743
|
743
|
Rajapaksa
|
Sri Lanka Law College
|
Attorney General of Sri Lanka
|
|
Rohini Marasinghe
|
|
|
26 April 2013 – November 2015
|
—
|
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
University of Hartford
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
|
Buwaneka Aluwihare†
|
|
|
4 December 2013 – present
|
—
|
3,922[3]
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
University of London
|
Additional Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
|
|
Sisira de Abrew†
|
Western
|
|
7 May 2014 – 2 June 2021
|
—
|
3,768[4]
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
Sri Lanka Law College
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Sarath de Abrew
|
|
1953–2016
|
7 May 2014 – January 2016
|
—
|
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
Sri Lanka Law College
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
|
Priyantha Jayawardena†
|
|
|
7 May 2014 – present
|
—
|
3,768[5]
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
Sri Lanka Law College University of Aberdeen
|
|
|
Upali Abeyratne
|
|
|
17 December 2014 – August 2017
|
—
|
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
|
Anil Goonaratne
|
|
|
30 January 2015 – December 2017
|
—
|
|
—
|
Sirisena
|
Sri Lanka Law College University of Exeter
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
|
Kankanithanthri Chitrasiri
|
|
|
3 December 2015 – February 2018
|
—
|
3,193
|
—
|
Sirisena
|
University of Sri Lanka Queen Mary University of London
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
|
Nalin Perera
|
|
|
3 March 2016 – 29 April 2019
|
12 October 2018 – 29 April 2019
|
1,142
|
189
|
Sirisena
|
Sri Lanka Law College
|
Judge of the Court of Appeal
|
|
Prasanna Jayawardena
|
|
1956–2019
|
16 June 2016 – 24 December 2019
|
—
|
1,286
|
—
|
Sirisena
|
University of Colombo
|
Unofficial Bar
|
|
Vijith Malalgoda†
|
|
|
May 2017 – present
|
—
|
[6]
|
—
|
Sirisena
|
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Lalith Dehideniya†
|
|
|
16 January 2018 – present
|
—
|
2,418[7]
|
—
|
Sirisena
|
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Murdhu Fernando†
|
|
|
9 March 2018 – present
|
—
|
2,366[8]
|
—
|
Sirisena
|
|
Senior Additional Solicitor General
|
|
S. Thurairaja†
|
Central
|
|
9 January 2019 – present
|
—
|
2,060[9]
|
—
|
Sirisena
|
University of Colombo University College London
|
Justice of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Gamini Amarasekera†
|
|
|
9 January 2019 – present
|
—
|
2,060[10]
|
—
|
Sirisena
|
Sri Lanka Law College
|
Justice of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Padman Surasena†
|
|
|
9 January 2019 – present
|
—
|
2,060[11]
|
—
|
Sirisena
|
Sri Lanka Law College
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|
|
Jayantha Jayasuriya†
|
|
|
29 April 2019 – present
|
29 April 2019 – present
|
1,950[12]
|
1,950[13]
|
Sirisena
|
|
Attorney General of Sri Lanka
|
|
Yasantha Kodagoda†
|
|
|
24 January 2020 – present
|
—
|
1,680[14]
|
—
|
Rajapaksa
|
Sri Lanka Law College University College London
|
President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
|