Justices of the Court
Justices of the Court of Appeal
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)