New CJ sworn in...
October 13, 2018
Senior Supreme Court Justice Nalin Perera took oaths as the new Chief Justice before President Maithripala Sirisena at the President’s Official Residence, on Friday (12).
He was nominated by President Maithripala Sirisena to the Constitutional Council for the post of Chief Justice following the retirement of Justice Priyasath Depp.
Justice Nalin Perera joined the judicial service as a magistrate and was gradually promoted to a Supreme Court judge by the President.