CONSTITUTION OF BENCHES WITH EFFECT FROM 10TH JANUARY 2022
(A)The Constitution of Benches of the Court of Appeal from 10th January 2022, 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, consistent and fair manner.
(C)Once an argument or a support matter commences, all Counsel shall endeavour to conclude oral submissions on the same day. However, if conclusion of the argument cannot be reached on the same day, further argument shall be fixed for a date within the shortest possible time, and if that is not possible, within the following three weeks, and not beyond.
(D)Where argument has been concluded and the Order or the Judgment has been reserved before a particular Bench, the Judgment or the Oder shall be pronounced by the Hon. Judges of the same bench.
(E)When a matter has been fixed for argument to be resumed by a particular bench, such matter will resume before the same bench.
(F)The matters already identified by the Hon. President, Court of Appeal, as applications that are connected to any other application, should be taken up along with the original application before the bench which takes up such original application.
(G)All other matters where a specially constituted Bench has been nominated shall be taken up before such Bench.
(H)All new applications filed on extremely urgent basis will be accommodated at the discretion of the presiding Judge of the relevant court and may be mentioned on a desired day only if such application is duly filed (with proof of dispatch of notice to the Respondents) at least before 10.00 a.m on the day prior to such desired date.
| Court Room No. | Bench | Nature of Work | |
| 301 | Hon. Justice K. Priyantha Fernando (P/C.A.) Hon. Justice Wickum A. Kaluarachchi | • | All High Court Criminal Appeals filed in 2019, 2021 and filed from 1st January 2022 onwards |
| • | Transfer Applications | ||
| • | Expulsion Cases | ||
| • | Election Petition Cases | ||
| • | Any other matters not referred to in this Notice | ||
| 107 | Hon. Justice N. Bandula Karunaratne Hon. Justice R. Gurusinghe | • | High Court Criminal Appeals filed up to 31st December 2018 and in 2020, bearing odd numbers. |
| • | Contempt of Court Applications | ||
| 302 | Hon. Justice Dr. Ruwan Fernando Hon. Justice M.S.K.B. Wijeratne | • | All Inland Revenue Cases stated by the Tax Appeals Commission |
| 303 | Hon. Justice Sobhitha Rajakaruna Hon. Justice Dhammika Ganepola | Writ applications filed in 2021 Writ applications filed from 1st January 2022 | |
| 204 | Hon. Justice Menaka Wijesundara Hon. Justice Neil Iddawala | • | Appeals and Revision applications from the Provincial High Court (Criminal Cases) |
| • | Bail applications | ||
| • | Extradition Cases | ||
| • | Leave to Appeal applications (Criminal) | ||
| • | MCR applications | ||
| • | Miscellaneous applications (Criminal) | ||
| • | Appeals under the Right to Information Act | ||
| 108 | Hon. Justice D.N. Samarakoon Hon. Justice B. Sasi Mahendran | • | Writ applications filed in 2020 bearing odd numbers |
| • | Restitutio in Integrum applications | ||
| • | Admiralty matters | ||
| • | Habeas Corpus applications | ||
| 109 | Hon. Justice Prashantha De Silva Hon. Justice K.K.A.V. Swarnadhipathi | • | Appeals and Revision applications from the Provincial High Court (Civil cases) |
| • | Land Acquisition Board of Review cases | ||
| • | Leave to Appeal applications (Civil) | ||
| • | Final Appeals from District Court Judgments- filed from 1st January 2000 to 31st December 2002 | ||
| • | Miscellaneous applications (Civil) | ||
| 206 | Hon. Justice M.T. Mohommed Laffar Hon. Justice S.U.B. Karaliyadda | Writ applications filed in 2019 Writ applications filed in 2020, bearing even numbers | |
| • | Final Appeals from District Court Judgments-filed until 31st December 1998 | ||
| • | Appeals, Revisions and Leave to Appeal applications from the Wakfs Board | ||
| 205 | Hon. Justice Pradeep Keerthisinghe Hon. Justice Mayadunne Corea | • | Writ applications filed up to 31st December 2018 |
| • | Final Appeals from District Court filed in 1999 | ||
| • | Injunctions | ||
| 110 | Hon. Justice Sampath B. Abayakoon Hon. Justice P. Kumararatnam | • | High Court Criminal Appeals filed up to 31st December 2018 and in 2020, bearing even numbers |
On this 03rdday of January 2022
ACTING REGISTRAR OF THE COURT OF APPEAL
By Order of the Hon. President of the Court of Appeal