Ceremonial Sitting of the Court of Appeal There will be a Ceremonial Sitting of the Court of Appeal at 09.30 a.m. on Thursday the 31th August 2023, in the Ceremonial Court of the Supreme Court (Court No.501) to enable the Bar to welcome Hon. Justice M.C.B.S.Morais , as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. Registrar of the […]
Hon. Justice Sobhitha Rajakaruna has been appointed as the Acting President of the Court of Appeal by His Excellency the President with effect from 07th August 2023 until the return of Hon. Justice Bandula Karunarathna, President of the Court of Appeal to the Island. Hon. Acting President of the Court of Appeal will sit along […]
Hon. Justice Sobhitha Rajakaruna has been appointed as the Acting President of the Court of Appeal by His Excellency the President with effect from 10th June 2023 until the return of Hon. Justice Bandula Karunarathna, President of the Court of Appeal to the Island. Hon. Acting President of the Court of Appeal will sit along with […]
CONSTITUTION OF BENCHES FROM 20th February 2023 ONWARDS (A) The Constitution of Benches of the Court of Appeal from 20th February 2023, which shall be operative until further notice, is set out in the Schedule hereof. (B) In all matters, the Rules of the Court of Appeal shall be applied and followed in a uniform, […]
Ceremonial Sitting of the Court of Appeal There will be a Ceremonial Sitting of the Court of Appeal at 09.45 a.m. on Thursday the 16th February 2023, in the Ceremonial Court of the Supreme Court (Court No.501) to enable the Bar to welcome Hon. Justice Nishshanka Bandula Karunarathne, as President of the Court of Appeal and Hon. Justice […]
The Registry, including the Record Rooms of the Court of Appeal will be relocated temporarily to No. 19, Sangharaja Mawatha, Colombo 10 (Kalutota Building, 3rd and 4th Floors) in order to commence the refurbishment of the building where the Ministry of Justice was previously housed. Hence, the Lawyers/litigants may face certain inconveniences during the period from 19.12.2022 to 13.01.2023. […]
Notice No. 17/2022 of the Court of Appeal will be rescinded hereby, with effect from 26th September 2022 and the Court of Appeal Notice No.01/2022(dated 03rd January 2022) will continue to be in operation in respect of Constitution of Benches of the Court of Appeal. By Order of the Hon. President of the Court of […]
As 19.09.2022 has been declared a public holiday by the Government, all cases which were listed on 19.09.2022 before all Divisions of the Court of Appeal for Argument, Support, Mention and Judgment/Order will be mentioned on 26.09.2022 in the respective divisions. By Order of the Hon. President of the Court of Appeal REGISTRAR OF THE […]
CONSTITUTION OF BENCHES Notice No.01/2022 of the Court of Appeal is hereby amended as follows with effect from 21.07.2022 until further notice. Hon.Justice Sampath B. Abayakoon is nominated to hear and determine all matters allocated to Court No.109, with Hon.Justice K.K.A.V. Swarnadhipathi until further notice. This nomination is in addition to usual sittings in Court […]
All cases that were scheduled to be taken up before all Divisions of the Court of Appeal during the period from 11.07.2022 to 15.07.2022, were not mentioned as scheduled. Therefore, all cases that had been listed for Argument, Support, Mention or Judgment/Order during the time period mentioned in paragraph 1, will be mentioned before respective Divisions of […]