The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka is the highest court in Sri Lanka and the final judicial instance of record, established in 1801 and empowered under the Constitution of Sri Lanka. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction in constitutional matters and takes precedence over all lower courts within a judicial system that blends common law and civil law traditions, and in capital punishment cases its decision may be followed by a clemency petition to the President of Sri Lanka.
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Source Christopher Weeramantry (Wikipedia)
Source Neville Samarakoon (Wikipedia)
Source Sarath N. Silva (Wikipedia)
Source Shirani Bandaranayake - Wikipedia
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1. Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (Wikipedia)
Christopher Weeramantry (Wikipedia)
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Weeramantry was a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1972.
Neville Samarakoon (Wikipedia)
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He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1977, a post he would hold until retiring in 1984.
Sarath N. Silva (Wikipedia)
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Sarath Nanda Silva PC served as the 41st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
Shirani Bandaranayake - Wikipedia
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She was first appointed to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1996, becoming Sri Lanka's first female Supreme Court Judge.
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