Rohini Marasinghe

Rohini Marasinghe
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
In office
26 April 2013 – 2015
Appointed by Mahinda Rajapaksa
Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
In office
2006–2013
Personal details
Spouse(s) Lakshman Marasinghe
Alma mater University of Hartford

Rohini Perera Marasinghe is a Sri Lankan judge and lawyer. She was a sitting judge on the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Prior to her appointment as Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, in April 2013, she served as a judge of the Court of Appeal and was promoted to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice S. I. Imam.[1][2]

Rohini Marasinghe, graduating in law in 1976, joined the Attorney-General's Department as a State Counsel in 1980. Becoming a Magistrate in 1983, Marasinghe served as a District judge in almost all parts of the country before being appointed High Court judge. In 2006, she was elevated as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. In April 2013 Marasinghe was appointed to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. At the appointment of Marasinghe the Peiris court had four female judges.[3]

Marasinghe obtained her Masters from the University of Hartford.[3]

In 2015 the Government of Sri Lanka decided to impeach Marasinghe after investigations revealed that her husband was operating a legal consultancy that had direct links to cases presided by her. Concurrently Supreme Court Justice Sarath De Abrew was also under investigation, as the government seeks to mop up misconduct in the judiciary.[4]

Other posts

Marasinghe has participated in and presented legal papers at numerous conferences and seminars all over the world, including at the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Conference and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Conference. [5][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Three judges absent". Dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Three Judges absent at ceremonial sitting". Lankatruth. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Justice Rohini Marasinghe" (PDF). Commonwealth Law Conference. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Search in site... Search in site... SC Judges Abrew And Marasinghe To Be Impeached – Political Judges To Be Punished". Colombo Telegraph. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Senior Judge Rohini Marasinghe sworn in as a Supreme Court Judge". news.lk. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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