- Supreme Court gets new addition while Court of Appeal gets new President and Judge
President of the Court of Appeal Justice K.P. Fernando, who was elevated to the Supreme Court (SC) recently, took oaths before President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (6) at the President's House in Colombo Fort.
Meanwhile, Court of Appeal Judge Justice Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne took oaths as the President of the Court of Appeal while High Court Judge M.A.R. Marikkar was sworn in as a Judge of the Court of Appeal before President Wickremesinghe yesterday, the President’s Media Division (PMD) announced.
Their appointments were recently recommended by the Constitutional Council following nomination by President Wickremesinghe.