{"id":2323,"date":"2021-12-09T08:47:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T08:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/203.81.101.197:8090\/coa-demo\/?page_id=2323"},"modified":"2026-03-10T05:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:44:16","slug":"past-judges-of-the-court-of-appeal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/judgements.courtofappeal.lk\/?page_id=2323","title":{"rendered":"Past Judges of the Court of Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2323\" class=\"elementor elementor-2323\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23a3ee9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23a3ee9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-227d6ae\" data-id=\"227d6ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6aa6d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6aa6d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table width=\"217\">\n<tbody>\n\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice D. Wimalaratne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice B.S.C. Ratwatte<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice A. Vythialingam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice P. Colin- Thome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice J.F.A. Soza<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice K.A.P. Ranasinghe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice M.M. Abdul Cader<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice K.C.E. De Alwis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice R.Victor Perera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice E.A.D.Athukorale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice H. Rodrigo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice H.D. Thambiah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice L.H. De Alwis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice O.S.M. Seneviratne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice H.A.G. De Silva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. JusticeB.E. De Silva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice G.P.S. De Silva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice J.S. Abeywardena<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Siva Selliah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice C.L.T. Moonemalle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice T.D.G. De Alwis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice G.R.T.D. Bandaranayake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice D.G. Jayalath<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice M. Jameel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice R.N.M. Dheeraratne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice P. Ramanathan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice S.B. Gunawardena<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice P.R.P. Perera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice A.S. Wijetunga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice T.N. Abeywira<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice K. Viknarajah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice K. Palakidnar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice S.N. Silva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. S. Justice Anandacoomaraswamy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice W.N.D. Perera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Dr. A. De Z. Goonawardhana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice S.J.D.De S Wijeratne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice D.P.S. Gunasekara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice H.W. Senanayake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice L.H.G. Weerasekera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Ameer Ismail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Dr. C.A.O. Grego<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice P. Edussuriya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Dr. R.B. Ranaraja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice H.S. Yapa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice F.N.D Jayasuriya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice C.V. Wigneswaran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice J.A.N. De Silva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice U. De Z Gunawardana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice T.B. Weerasuriya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Nihal Jayasinghe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice P.H.K. Kulatilleka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice D. Jayawickrema<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Shiranee Thilakawardene<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice N.K. Udalagama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Saleem Marsoof<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice N.E. Dissanayake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice A.R.N. Fernando<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Andrew Somawansa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice G.W. Edirisuriya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice R.A.N. G. Amaratunge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice D.J. De S. Balapatabendi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice P.Wijayaratne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice K. Sripavan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Gamini A. L. Abeyratne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Chandra Ekanayake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice S.I. Imam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice L.K. Wimalachandra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice S. Sriskandarajah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice W.C.R. Silva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice K.S.J. De Abrew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Eric Basnayake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Sathya Hettige<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Rohini Perera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Sarath De Abrew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Anil Gooneratne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice A.W.A. Salam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice A.H.M. Upaly Abeyrathne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice D.S.C. I. Lecamwasam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice K.T. Chitrasiri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice H.N.J Perera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Deepali Wijesundara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice N.S. Rajapaksa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice P.W.D.C. Jayathilake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice W.M.M. Malanie Gunaratne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice V.K. Malalgoda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice P.R. Walgama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice M.M.A Gaffoor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice H.C.J. Madawala<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice L.T.B. Dehideniya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice K.K. Wickremasinghe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice S. Devika de L. Tennakoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice P. Padman Surasena<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice L.U. Jayasuriya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice S. Thurairaja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice E.A.G.R. Amarasekara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice A.L.S. Gooneratne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Janak De Silva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice A.A.U. Wengappuli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Mahinda Samayawardena<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Dr. Ruwan\u00a0Fernando<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Prasantha De Silva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Pradeep Keerthisinghe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Neil Iddawala<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice K. K. A. V. Swarnadhipathi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice D. N. Samarakoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Hon. Justice Wickum A. Kaluarachchi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Sobhitha Rajakaruna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Menaka Wijesundara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice Sampath B. Abayakoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice M. Sampath K. B. Wijeratatne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hon. Justice M. A. R. Marikar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Hon.Justice M.T.M. Laffar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Hon. Justice S.U.B. Karalliyadde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Hon. Justice K.M.G.H.Kulatunga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hon. Justice D. Wimalaratne Hon. Justice B.S.C. Ratwatte Hon. Justice A. Vythialingam Hon. Justice P. Colin- Thome Hon. Justice J.F.A. Soza Hon. Justice K.A.P. Ranasinghe Hon. Justice M.M. Abdul Cader Hon. Justice K.C.E. De Alwis Hon. Justice R.Victor Perera Hon. Justice E.A.D.Athukorale Hon. Justice H. Rodrigo Hon. Justice H.D. Thambiah Hon. Justice L.H. 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