Past Presidents of the Court Past Presidents of the Court of Appeal → Hon. Justice D. Wimalaratne (From 07.09.1978. to 14.10.1980)→ Hon. Justice B.S.C. Ratwatte (From 15.10.1980 to 10.04.1981)→ Hon. Justice P. Colin- Thome (From 11.04.1981 to 28.12.1981)→ Hon. Justice J.F.A. Soza (From 29.12.1981 to 25.01.1982)→ Hon. Justice K.A.P. Ranasinghe (From 26.01.1982 to 14.11.1982)→ Hon. Justice M.M. Abdul Cader (From 15.11.1982 to 01.12.1982)→ Hon. Justice E.A.D.Athukorale (From 02.12.1982 to 26.11.1984)→ Hon. Justice O.S.M. Seneviratne (From 27.11.1984 to 09.02.1986)→ Hon. Justice G.P.S. De Silva (from 10.02.1986 to 16.12.1987)→ Hon. Justice J.S. Abeywardena (From 17.12.1987 to 21.02.1988)→ Hon. Justice G.R.T.D. Bandaranayake (From 22.02.1988 to 03.03.1989)→ Hon. Justice R.N.M. Dheeraratne (From 04.03.1988 to 02.04.1989)→ Hon. Justice P. Ramanathan (From 03.04.1989 to 24.08.1989)→ Hon. Justice S.B. Gunawardena (From 25.08.1989 to 15.10.1990)→ Hon. Justice P.R.P. Perera (From 16.10.1990 to 27.08.1991)→ Hon. Justice A.S. Wijetunga (From 28.08.1991 to 16.10.1991)→ Hon. Justice K. Palakidnar (From 17.10.1991 to 20.01.1994)→ Hon. Justice S.N. Silva (From 21.01.1994 to 28.09.1995)→ Hon. Justice S. Anandacoomaraswamy (From 02.10.1995 to 08.04.1996)→ Hon. Justice Dr. A. De Z. Goonawardhana (From 10.04.1996 to 09.12.1996)→ Hon. Justice D.P.S. Gunasekara (From 10.12.1996 to 06.10.1997)→ Hon. Justice L.H.G. Weerasekera (From 07.10.1997 to 31.06.1998)→ Hon. Justice Ameer Ismail (From 01.07.1998 to 30.05.1999)→ Hon. Justice P. Edussuriya (From 01.06.1999 to 14.09.2000)→ Hon. Justice H.S. Yapa (From 15.09.2000 to 27.01.2001)→ Hon. Justice C.V. Wigneswaran (From 28.01.2001 to 18.02.2001)→ Hon. Justice J.A.N. De Silva (From 19.02.2001 to 01.08.2001)→ Hon. Justice U. De Z Gunawardana (From 02.08.2001 to 14.08.2001)→ Hon. Justice T.B. Weerasuriya (From 15.08.2001 to 28.05.2002)→ Hon. Justice Nihal Jayasinghe (From 29.05.2002 to 23.01.2003)→ Hon. Justice Shiranee Thilakawardene (From 24.01.2003 to 24.11.2003)→ Hon. Justice N.K. Udalagama (From 25.11.2003 to 24.03.2004)→ Hon. Justice Saleem Marsoof (From 31.03.2004 to 19.01.2005)→ Hon. Justice Andrew Somawansa (From 20.01.2005 to 28.05.2006)→ Hon. Justice D.J. De S. Balapatabendi (From 29.05.2006 to 12.12.2006)→ Hon. Justice P. Wijeratne (From 13.12.2006 to 26.02.2007)→ Hon. Justice K. Sripavan (From 27.02.2007 to 26.03.2008)→ Hon. Justice Chandra Ekanayake (From 27.03.2008 to 30.10.2008)→ Hon. Justice Sathya Hettige (From 31.10.2008 to 09.06.2011)→ Hon. Justice S. Sriskandarajah (From 24.06.2011 to 23.01.2014)→ Hon. Justice K.S.J. De Abrew (From 26.02.2014 to 06.05.2014)→ Hon. Justice A.W.A. Salam (From 09.06.2014 to 04.09.2014)→ Hon. Justice V.K. Malalgoda (From 09.09.2014 to 09.05.2017)→ Hon. Justice P.R. Walgama (From 10.05.2017 to 17.06.2017)→ Hon. Justice L.T.B. Dehideniya (From 18.06.2017 to 14.01.2018)→ Hon. Justice P.P. Surasena (From 15.01.2018 to 09.01.2019)→ Hon. Justice Yasantha D. Kodagoda (From 28.03.2019 to 02.02.2020)→ Hon. Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz (From 03.02.2020 to 30.11.2020)→ Hon. Justice Arjuna S. Obeyesekere (From 01.12.2020 to 13.06.2021)→ Hon. Justice Priyantha Fernando (From 14.06.2021 to 05.02.2023)→ Hon. Justice N.Bandula Karunarathna (From 06.02.2023 to 16.06.2025)
