Justices of the Court Justices of the Court of Appeal HON. JUSTICE ROHANTHA ABEYSURIYA PC (P/CA) HON. JUSTICE R. GURUSINGHE HON. JUSTICE MAYADUNNE COREA HON. JUSTICE P. KUMARARATNAM HON. JUSTICE B. SASI MAHENDRAN HON. JUSTICE M.C.B.S. MORAIS HON.JUSTICE D. THOTAWATTA HON.JUSTICE R.A. RANARAJA HON.JUSTICE M.C.L.B GOPALLAWA HON.JUSTICE K.M.S. DISSANAYAKE HON.JUSTICE R.P. HETTIARACHCHI HON.JUSTICE DR.SUMUDU PREMACHANDRA HON.JUSTICE K.P.FERNANDO HON.JUSTICE ANNALINGAM PREMASHANKER HON.JUSTICE DR.D.F.H.GUNAWARDHANA HON.JUSTICE ADITHYA PATABENDIGE History A Historical Lineage of Chief justices Chief Justices of Ceylon (1801–1972) Codrington Edmund Carrington (1801–1806) William Coke (1807–1809) Alexander Johnston (1811–1819) Richard Ottley (1819–1827) Charles Marshall (1827–1833) William Norris (1833–1836) Anthony Oliphant (1836–1837) William Carpenter Rowe (1857–1859) Richard Morgan (1860–1875) John Budd Phear (1877) Edward Shepherd Creasy (1879–1882) John Winfield Bonser (1883–1893) Joseph Turner Hutchinson (1893–1902) Charles Layard (1902–1906) Joseph Turner Hutchinson (1906–1911) Alexander Wood Renton (1911–1918) Thomas De Sampayo (1918–1925) Francis Soertsz (1925–1930) Philip Rodrigo (1930–1936) Leonard de Silva (1936–1939) Arthur Wijewardene (1939–1949) Chief Justices of Sri Lanka (1972–Present) Edward Jayetileke (1949–1950) Alan Rose (1950–1951) Hema Henry Basnayake (1951–1956) Miliani Sansoni (1956–1964) H. N. G. Fernando (1964–1966) G. P. A. Silva (1966–1973) Victor Tennekoon (1974–1977) Neville Samarakoon (1977–1984) Suppiah Sharvananda (1984–1988) Parinda Ranasinghe (1988–1991) Herbert Thambiah (1991) G. P. S. de Silva (1991–1999) Sarath N. Silva (1999–2009) Asoka de Silva (2009–2011) Shirani Bandaranayake (2011–2013) Mohan Peiris (2013–2015) K. Sripavan (2015–2017) Priyasath Dep (2017–2018) Nalin Perera (2018–2019) Jayantha Jayasuriya (2019–2023) Murdu Fernando (2024–2025)
