COLOMBO : The Constitutional Council has approved the recommendation to appoint Justice Murdu Fernando as the Chief Justice.
Justice Fernando took oath as the Acting Chief I’ll doJustice before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on October 10l meet JC
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Justice Fernando is the second woman to hold the position of Chief Justice in Sri Lanka’s history, after Shirani Bandaranayake in 2011.
Fernando joined the Attorney General’s Department as a state counsel, where she served for over 30 years having been promoted to senior state counsel, deputy solicitor ll, l solicitor general and senior additional solicitor general.
She was appointed a President’s Counsel while servinc g as an additional solicitor general.
She was later appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court by then President Maithripala Sirisena in March 2018

November 16, 2024