Twenty two Senior Attorneys appointed President's Counsel
Sarath Malalasekera
President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed 22 Senior Attorneys as
President's Counsel. The 22 Senior Attorneys were sworn before Supreme
Court yesterday.
New President’s Counsel Faiszer Musthapha being greeted by
Attorney - at - Law and MP Namal Rajapaksa after being sworn
in at the Supreme Court yesterday. Picture by Ruwan de Silva |
The Supreme Court Bench comprised Chief Justice Dr Shirani A
Banadaranayake, Justice Nimal Gamini Amaratunga, Justice Saleem Marsoof,
Justice P A Ratnayake, Justice Chandra Ekanayake, Justice S I Imam,
Justice Hathya Hettige, Justice Priyasath Dep and Justice Eva
Wanasundera.
Supreme Court Registrar Duminda Mudunkotuwa read out the names of the
22 Attorneys.
Deputy Supreme Court Registrar Jereena Begum officiated at the
ceremony. The newly appointed President's Counsel are Murukesu
Sittampalam, Rohan Sahabandu, Dulindra Wijesuriya, Ranjiva Lakshman
Perera, Eluppitimudiyanselage Ronald Chitranjan Perera, Watutanthrige
Mahiman Prashantha Lal de Alwis, Kuttikande Vidanelage Nihal Jayawardena,
Shammil Joseph Perera, Shirley Mahinda Kushan de Alwis, Kalinga Nandaka
Indatissa, Ranasinghe Koralalage don Budhipriya Shanaka Ranasinghe,
Nalin Ruchira Ladduwahetty, Shiran Harsha Amarasekara, Maithri Evan
Wickremasinghe, Dhammika Priyantha Samarakoon Jayawardena, Prasanna
Sujeewa Jayawardena, Chandana Liyanapatabendy, Uditha Priyanga Egalahewa,
Sanjeewa Praneeth Jayawardena, Faiszer Musthapha, Edinadura Kuvera Isuru
de Zoysa and Mohamed Uvais Mohamed Ali Sabry.
Court of Appeal President Sri Skandarajah and the other Judges of the
Court of Appeal, Commercial High Court Judges, High Court Judges,
Colombo District Judge and Additional District Judges, Colombo Chief
Magistrate and Colombo Additional Magistrate were also present.
Several President's Counsel and relatives of the new President's
Counsel also participated. |