District, Magistrate and Appellate Courts opening today

Kilinochchi District and Magistrate's Courts and Vavuniya new Civil Appellate High Court will be officially opened today under the patronage of Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranayake and Minister of Justice and SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem.

The Kilinochchi District and Magistrate's Court will be opened at 10.30 am and the Vavuniya New Civil Appellate High Court will also be opened at 2 pm.

The Kilinochchi District and the Magistrate's Courts were constructed at a cost of Rs 15 million and the Vavuniya new Civil Appellate High Court was constructed at a cost of Rs 26 million. The functions of the Kilinochchi Courts were commenced following the defeat of LTTE and the Courts have been functioning in temporary buildings.

With the opening of the Vavuniya Civil Appellate High Court, the people living in Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi and Vavuniya districts will immensely benefited from Court proceedings.

People in these districts were confronted with many difficulties as there was no Civil Appellate High Court in the area. The Ministry of Justice states, that these Courts are being established to strengthen the judicial system in the North as in the South after normalcy returned to the country.

Meanwhile reconstruction works of many Courts including Point Pedro, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Velanei and Mankulam have been commenced at a cost of Rs 890 million.

Suhada Gamlath, secretary to the Ministry, senior officials, judges and Attorneys-at-law are expected to participate in these opening ceremonies at Kilinochchi and Vavuniya.