Colombo (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed 06 Supreme Court Judges & 15 Appeal Court Judges.

The new Supreme Court Judges are:

01. A. H. M. Dilip Nawaz
02. Kumudini Wickramasinghe
03. Anthony Lalith Shiran Gooneratne
04. Janaka de Silva
05. Achala Wengappuli
06. Mahinda Samayawardhena

Justice Arjuna Obeysekere was appointed as President of the Court of Appeal, said the President’s Media Division.

The new Court of Appeal Judges are;

01. Menaka Wijesundara
02. D. N. Samarakoon
03. M. Prasantha De Silva
04. M. T. M. Lafar
05. C. Pradeep Keethisinghe
06. Sampath B. Abeykoon
07. M. S. K. B. Wijeratne
08. S. U. B. Karaliyadda
09. R. Gurusinghe
10. G. A. D. Ganepola
11. K. K. A. V. Swarnadhipathi
12. Mayadunne Corea
13. Prabhaharan Kumararatnam
14. W. N. N. P. Iddawala

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