Justices of the Court Justices of the Court of Appeal HON. JUSTICE ROHANTHA ABEYSURIYA PC (P/CA) HON. JUSTICE S. U. B. KARALLIYADDE 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 Past Justices of the Court Past Justices of the Court of Appeal → 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. De Alwis→ Hon. Justice O.S.M. Seneviratne→ Hon. Justice H.A.G. De Silva→ Hon. Justice B.E. De Silva→ Hon. Justice G.P.S. De Silva→ Hon. Justice J.S. Abeywardena→ Hon. Justice Siva Selliah→ Hon. Justice C.L.T. Moonemalle→ Hon. Justice T.D.G. De Alwis→ Hon. Justice G.R.T.D. Bandaranayake→ Hon. Justice D.G. Jayalath→ Hon. Justice M. Jameel→ Hon. Justice R.N.M. Dheeraratne→ Hon. Justice P. Ramanathan→ Hon. Justice S.B. Gunawardena→ Hon. Justice P.R.P. Perera→ Hon. Justice A.S. Wijetunga→ Hon. Justice T.N. Abeywira→ Hon. Justice K. Viknarajah→ Hon. Justice K. Palakidnar→ Hon. Justice S.N. Silva→ Hon. S. Justice Anandacoomaraswamy→ Hon. Justice W.N.D. Perera→ Hon. Justice Dr. A. De Z. Goonawardhana→ Hon. Justice S.J.D.De S Wijeratne→ Hon. Justice D.P.S. Gunasekara→ Hon. Justice H.W. Senanayake→ Hon. Justice L.H.G. Weerasekera→ Hon. Justice Ameer Ismail→ Hon. Justice Dr. C.A.O. Grego→ Hon. Justice P. Edussuriya→ Hon. Justice Dr. R.B. Ranaraja→ Hon. Justice H.S. Yapa→ Hon. Justice F.N.D Jayasuriya→ Hon. Justice C.V. Wigneswaran→ Hon. Justice J.A.N. De Silva→ Hon. Justice U. De Z Gunawardana→ Hon. Justice T.B. Weerasuriya→ Hon. Justice Nihal Jayasinghe→ Hon. Justice P.H.K. Kulatilleka→ Hon. Justice D. Jayawickrema→ Hon. Justice Shiranee Thilakawardene→ Hon. Justice N.K. Udalagama→ Hon. Justice Saleem Marsoof→ Hon. Justice N.E. Dissanayake→ Hon. Justice A.R.N. Fernando→ Hon. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara→ Hon. Justice Andrew Somawansa→ Hon. Justice G.W. Edirisuriya→ Hon. Justice R.A.N. G. Amaratunge→ Hon. Justice D.J. De S. Balapatabendi→ Hon. Justice P.Wijayaratne→ Hon. Justice K. Sripavan→ Hon. Justice Gamini A. L. Abeyratne→ Hon. Justice Chandra Ekanayake→ Hon. Justice S.I. Imam→ Hon. Justice L.K. Wimalachandra→ Hon. Justice S. Sriskandarajah→ Hon. Justice W.C.R. Silva→ Hon. Justice K.S.J. De Abrew→ Hon. Justice Eric Basnayake→ Hon. Justice Sathya Hettige→ Hon. Justice Rohini Perera→ Hon. Justice Sarath De Abrew→ Hon. Justice Anil Gooneratne→ Hon. Justice A.W.A. Salam→ Hon. Justice A.H.M. Upaly Abeyrathne→ Hon. Justice D.S.C. I. Lecamwasam→ Hon. Justice K.T. Chitrasiri→ Hon. Justice H.N.J Perera→ Hon. Justice Deepali Wijesundara→ Hon. Justice N.S. Rajapaksa→ Hon. Justice P.W.D.C. Jayathilake→ Hon. Justice W.M.M. Malanie Gunaratne→ Hon. Justice V.K. Malalgoda→ Hon. Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz→ Hon. Justice P.R. Walgama→ Hon. Justice M.M.A Gaffoor→ Hon. Justice H.C.J. Madawala→ Hon. Justice L.T.B. Dehideniya→ Hon. Justice K.K. Wickremasinghe→ Hon. Justice S. Devika de L. Tennakoon→ Hon. Justice P. Padman Surasena→ Hon. Justice L.U. Jayasuriya→ Hon. Justice S. Thurairaja→ Hon. Justice E.A.G.R. Amarasekara→ Hon. Justice A.L.S. Gooneratne→ Hon. Justice Janak De Silva→ Hon. Justice A.A.U. Wengappuli→ Hon. Justice Mahinda Samayawardena→ Hon. Justice Dr. Ruwan Fernando→ Hon. Justice Prasantha De Silva→ Hon. Justice Pradeep Keerthisinghe→ Hon. Justice Neil Iddawala→ Hon. Justice K. K. A. V. Swarnadhipathi→ Hon. Justice D. N. Samarakoon→ Hon. Justice Wickum A. Kaluarachchi→ Hon. Justice Sobhitha Rajakaruna→ Hon. Justice Menaka Wijesundara→ Hon. Justice Sampath B. Abayakoon→ Hon. Justice M. Sampath K. B. Wijeratatne→ Hon. Justice M. A. R. Marikar→ Hon. Justice M. T. Mohammed Laffar→ HON. Justice Dhammika Ganepola 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)
