President appoints three new judges to High Court

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday (23) handed over appointment letters to three Special Grade officers of the Judicial Service as High Court Judges, at a ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat, according to the President’s Media Division (PMD).

The new appointees are Perumal Sivakumar, District Judge of Jaffna; Anandi Kanagaratnam, Senior Assistant Secretary of the Judicial Service Commission; and Gnanesha Lalith Kannangara, District Judge of Colombo.

The three senior Judicial Service officers will take up duties as High Court Judges following their appointments.

The appointments were made from among Special Grade officers of the Judicial Service, the PMD said.