List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Shirani Bandaranayake was the 43rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka and the first and only woman to hold the position.

List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka^[1]

In this list, justices are placed in the order in which they took the judicial oath of office and thereby started their term of office. While many of the justices' positions prior to appointment are simply listed as "lawyer", many had part-time positions, such as teaching, or acted as counsel to various levels of government.

Justices

† Denotes current justices

♦ Began as Provisional Puisne Justice
♠ Tenure demoted to de facto

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	1801 – 1809	15 April 1807 - 1809			North	University of Cambridge	Barrister
3	Alexander Johnston	Scotland	1775 - 1849	1807 – 1811	6 November 1811 - 1819			Maitland	University of Göttingen	Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
4	William Coke			–	—		—		University of Oxford	Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
5	Henry Byrne			–	—		—			Barrister
6	Ambrose Hardinge Giffard	Ireland	1771 – 1827	–	8 April 1819 – 2 March 1827		2,885			Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
7	Richard Ottley			–	1 November 1827 – 1833		—
8	Henry Matthews		1789 – 1828	–	—		—			Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
9	Charles Marshall			14 June 1828 – 1833♦	18 February 1833 – 3 March 1836		1,109	Barnes
10	William Norris			1834 – 27 April 1836	27 April 1836 – 1837			Wilmot-Horton		Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
11	William Rough			-	—		—
12	John Jeremie	Guernsey	1795 - 1841	2 October 1835 – 1840	—		—	Wilmot-Horton		Public prosecutor of Mauritius
13	John Fredrick Stoddart	Malta	1805 - 1839	2 June 1838 –	—		—		University of Glasgow
14	Anthony Oliphant	Scotland	1793 – 1859	–	22 October 1838 - 1854					Attorney General of the Cape Colony
15	J. G. Hildebrand			23 November 1839 –	—		—
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			1841 –	—		—			Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
18	Christopher Temple			1856 –	—		—			Judge of the District Court of Colombo
19	Paul Ivy Sterling			–	—		—			Attorney General of Hong Kong
20	William Carpenter Rowe		- 1860		1857 – 1859		—
21	Edward Shepherd Creasy	England	1812 - 1878	–	27 March 1860 - 1875				University of Cambridge
22	Richard Morgan			–	—		—			Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
23	George Lawson			–	—		—
24	Henry Byerley Thompson		- 1867	1 January 1863 –	—		—			Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
25	Charles Henry Stewart			–	—		—
26	Richard Cayley	England		–	—		—			Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
27	Lovell Burchett Clarence			–	—		—
28	Harry Dias Bandaranaike			–	—		—
29	William Hackett			–	—		—
30	John Budd Phear	England		–	—		—
31	Archibald Campbell Lawrie		1837 - 1914	6 July 1892 – 1901	—		—			Judge of the District Court of Kandy
32	Jacobus de Wet	South Africa		–	—		—
33	Bruce Burnside	Bahamas		–	—		—			Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
34	John Winfield Bonser			–	—		—			Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements
35	George Henry Withers			–	—		—
36	Dodwell Browne			–	—		—
37	Fredrick Charles Moncrieff			–	—		—
38	Henry Lorentz Wendt			–	—		—
39	John Page Middleton			8 January 1902^[2] –	—		—			Puisine Judge of the Supreme Court of Cyprus
40	Charles Layard	Western		–	—		—
41	Joseph Richard Grenier			–	—		—
42	Alexander Wood Renton			–	—		—
43	Alfred George Lascelles	England		–	—		—
44	Joseph Turner Hutchinson	England		–	—		—
45	James Cecil Walter Pereira			–	—		—
46	James Arthur Van Langenburg			–	—		—
47	Thomas De Sampayo			1915 –	—		—		University of Cambridge	Commissioner of Assize
48	George Francis Macdaniel Ennis			–	—		—
49	Walter Shaw			–	—		—			Chief Justice of British Honduras
50	Gualterus Stewart Schneider			–	—		—
51	Anton Bertram		1869 - 1937	–	26 July 1918 – 1925				University of Cambridge	Attorney General of Ceylon
52	Hermann Albert Loos			–	—		—
53	William Thomas Porter			–	—		—
54	Thomas Garvin		1881 - 1940	1924 – 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	Llwellyn Chisholm Dalton			–	—		—
57	Lewis Matthew Maartensz			–	—		—
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				Durham University
60	Stanley Fisher		1867 -	–	11 December 1926 – 1930					Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago
61	Robert William Lyall Grant			–	—		—
62	Allen Drieberg			–	—		—
63	Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene	Western	1874 - 1932	May 1928 –	—		—	Fletcher		Member of the Colombo Municipal Council
64	Philip James Macdonell		1873 - 1940	–	3 October 1931 – 1936					Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago
65	Lucian Macull Dominic de Silva			–	—		—
66	William Edward Barber			–	—		—
67	Francis Harold Bertram			–	—		—
68	Kenneth Poyser			–	—		—
69	Francis Soertsz		- 1951	–	—		—
70	Sidney Abrahams	England	1885 - 1957	–	3 July 1936 – 1939				University of Cambridge
71	Francis Moseley			–	—		—
72	Vincent Fernando			–	—		—
73	Hector Hearne			–	—		—
74	Arthur Eric Keuneman			–	—		—		University of Cambridge
75	Oswald Leslie De Kretser II	Western	1882 - 1959	1938 – 1945	—		—	Caldecott	University College, Colombo	Commissioner of Assize
76	Arthur Wijewardena		1887 - 1964	–	January 1949 – 1950				University of Cambridge	Solicitor General of Ceylon
77	J. H. B. Nihill			–	—		—
78	John Curtois Howard			–	1 December 1939 – 1945					Attorney General of Cyprus
79	G. H. F. Cannon			–	—		—
80	Edward Jayetileke			14 May 1942 –	1950–1952			Caldecott		Solicitor General of Ceylon
81	Alan Rose			–	1952 – 1956
82	A. R. H. Canakeratne			–	—		—
83	Manikku Wadumestri Hendrick de Silva			–	—		—			Attorney General of Ceylon
84	Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike I		1861 - 1947	–	—		—		University of Cambridge	Judge of the District Court of Colombo
85	Chellappah Nagalingam		1893 - 1958	1947 – 1958	—		—		Ceylon Law College	Attorney General of Ceylon
86	Ralph Windham			–	—		—
87	Hema Henry Basnayake		1902 -	–	1 January 1956 – 31 July 1964		3,104			Attorney General of Ceylon
88	Noel Gratiaen			–	—		—			Attorney General of Ceylon
89	E. H. T. Gunasekera			–	—		—
90	M. F. S. Pulle			–	—		—
91	V. L. St. C. Swan			–	—		—
92	H. A. de Silva			–	—		—
93	Kairshasp Choksy	Western	1933 -	–	—		—
94	Henry Weerasooriya			–	—		—
95	K. D. de Silva			–	—		—
96	Miliani Sansoni			–	1964 – 1966
97	Hugh Fernando		1910 - 1976	–	1966 – 1973
98	Thusew Samuel Fernando			–	—		—		Colombo Law College	Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
99	Nadaraja Sinnetamby			–	—		—
100	Lionel de Silva			–	—		—
101	Leonard de Silva			–	—		—
102	Henry Thambiah	Northern	1906 – 1997	1960 – 1972	—		—		University College, Colombo Ceylon Law College University of London	Commissioner of Assize
103	Kingsley Herath			–	—		—
104	Asoka Abeyesundere	Southern	1906 - 1988	–	—		—		Ceylon Law College
105	Ponnuduraiswamy Sriskandarajah		1905 - 1968	1962 – 1967	—		—	Bandaranaike	Ceylon University College Ceylon Law College	Commissioner of Assize
106	Gardiye Punchihewage Amaraseela Silva			–	1973–1974		—
107	Lionel Sirimanne			–	—		—
108	Vaithalingam Manicavasagar	Western	1906 - 1993	17 December 1964 –	—		—	Bandaranaike	Colombo Law College	Commissioner of Assize
109	Anthony Alles	Central	1911 – 2003	1964 – 1974	—		—	Bandaranaike	University of Ceylon Ceylon Law College University of London	Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
110	Veeravagu Sivasubramaniam		1908 - 1985	1966 – 1970	—		—	Senanayake	University of London	Commissioner of Assize
111	George Samerawickrame			–	—		—
112	Victor Tennekoon	Central	- 1914	–	—		—		University of London Ceylon Law College	Judge of the Court of Appeal
113	Christopher Weeramantry	Western	1926 -	1967 – 1972	—		—	Senanayake	University of Ceylon University of London	Commissioner of Assize
114	Oswald Leslie De Kretser III	Western	1910 -	1968 – 1972	—		—	Senanayake	University College, Colombo University of London	Judge of the District Court of Panadura
115	Samarapilimudalige Wijayatilake			–	—		—
116	Pandita Gunawadena			–	—		—
117	Vincent Thamotheram		1915 -	1970 – 1980	—		—		Ceylon University College Ceylon Law College	Commissioner of Assize
118	Ekanayake Rajapakse Kodippilli Dissanayake Mudiyanseralahamilaye			–	—		—
119	Hector Deheragoda			–	—		—
120	Cuda Banda Walgampaya			–	—		—
121	Jaya Pathirana		- 2000	1972 – 1978	—		—
122	Dharmadasa Wimalaratne			–	—		—
123	Tellipalai Rajaratnam		1920 - 1994	1972 – 1978	—		—			Commissioner of Assize
124	Donald Sirimanne			–	—		—
125	Cyril Udalagama			–	—		—
126	T. A. de S. Wijesundera			–	—		—
127	Malcolm Perera			–	—		—
128	Izadean Mohamed Ismail			–	—		—
129	Joe Weereratne			–	—		—
130	Arulampalam Vythialingam			–	—		—
131	Noel Tittawela			–	—		—
132	Suppiah Sharvananda	Northern	1923 - 2007	1974 – 1984	1984 – 1988			Gopallawa	Colombo Law College University of London
133	Somaratne Walpita			–	—		—
134	Wilmot Gunasekera			–	—		—
134	Barnes Ratwatte II		1918 - 2004	– 1983	—		—		Ceylon Law College	President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
135	Raja Wanasundara			–	—		—
136	Percy Colin-Thomé		1922 -	12 January 1976 – ? 29 December 1981 – ?	—		—	Gopallawa	University of Ceylon University of Cambridge	Judge of the High Court of Colombo
137	Neville Samarakoon		1919 - 1990	–	1977 – 1984				University College, Colombo Colombo Law College
138	Victor Perera			–	—		—
139	Anton Soza	Western	1919 - 2013	26 January 1982 – 3 February 1984	—	738	—	Jayewardene	University of London	Judge of the Court of Appeal
140	Parinda Ranasinghe			–	1988 – 1991				Colombo Law College
141	Abdul Cader			–	—		—
142	Heevi Rodrigo			–	—		—
143	E. A. D. Atukorale			–	—		—
144	Herbert Thambiah	Northern	1926 – 1992	1984 – 1992	1991 – 1991			Jayewardene	University of Ceylon Ceylon Law College	Judge of the Court of Appeal
145	Lucian Hector de Alwis			–	—		—
146	O. S. M. Seneviratne			–	—		—
147	H. A. G. de Silva			–	—		—
	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	Lawyer
	C. V. Vigneswaran	Western	1939 -	March 2001 – October 2004	—		—	Kumaratunga	University of Ceylon Ceylon Law College	Judge of the Court of Appeal
	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
	Nihal Jayasinghe			19 February 2003 – 29 February 2008	—	1,836	—	Kumaratunga	University of Colombo	Judge of the Court of Appeal
	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 Province		28 May 2006 – October 2008	—		—	Rajapaksa	University of Ceylon University of Nevada	President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
	Jagath Balapatabendi	Southern Province		–	—		—	Rajapaksa	Ceylon Law College	Judge of the Court of Appeal
	Kanagasabapathy Sripavan†		1952 –	27 March 2008 – present	30 January 2015 – present	7003284700000000000♠2,847^[3]	7002347000000000000♠347^[4]	Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Law College	Judge of the Court of Appeal
	P. A. Ratnayake			2 May 2008 – 15 February 2013	—	7003175100000000000♠1,751	—	Rajapaksa	University of Brussels
	Chandra Ekanayake†			November 2008 – present	—		—	Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Law College	President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
	S. I. Imam	Central Province		9 January 2009 – 20 February 2013	—	1,503	—	Rajapaksa		Judge of the Court of Appeal
	R. K. S. Suresh Chandra			June 2010 –	—		—	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†			10 July 2011 – present	—	7003164700000000000♠1,647^[5]	—	Rajapaksa	University of Colombo International Institute of Social Studies	Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
	Eva Wansundera†	North Western		7 July 2012 – present	—	7003128400000000000♠1,284^[6]	—	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 – 2015	—	7002991000000000000♠991	—	Rajapaksa	University of Hartford	Judge of the Court of Appeal
	Buwaneka Aluwihare†			4 December 2013 – present	—	7002769000000000000♠769^[7]	—	Rajapaksa		Additional Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
	Sisira De Abrew†			7 May 2014 – present	—	7002615000000000000♠615^[8]	—	Rajapaksa		President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
	Sarath De Abrew			7 May 2014 – 2015	—	7002615000000000000♠615	—	Rajapaksa
	Priyantha Jayawardena†			7 May 2014 – present	—	7002615000000000000♠615^[9]	—	Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Law College University of Aberdeen
	Upali Abeyratne†			17 December 2014 – present	—	7002391000000000000♠391^[10]	—	Rajapaksa		Judge of the Court of Appeal
	Anil Goonaratne†			30 January 2015 – present	—	7002347000000000000♠347^[11]	—	Sirisena	Sri Lanka Law College University of Exeter	Judge of the Court of Appeal
	K. T. Chitrasiri†			3 December 2015 – present	—	7001400000000000000♠40^[12]	—	Sirisena	University of Sri Lanka Queen Mary University of London	Judge of the Court of Appeal

References

↑ Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B (1986), The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years, Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services, ISBN 978-955-599-000-4
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27396. p. 219. 10 January 1902.
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Bibliography

Amerasinghe, A.R.B. (1986). The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years. Ratmalana, Sri Lanka: Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services. ISBN 955599000X.

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