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词条 Nalin Perera
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  1. Education and early career

  2. Judicial career

     Lower courts  High court  Appeal court  Supreme court 

  3. Family

  4. References

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}}Justice Hettikankanange Nalin Jayalath Perera (born February 1954) is a Sri Lanka judge. He is the 46th and current Chief Justice of Sri Lanka. He is due to retire in February 2019.[1]

Education and early career

Educated at St. Thomas' College, Kotte and S. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa, he studied law at the Sri Lanka Law College, passing out in 1977. His contemporaries included Mahinda Rajapaksa and Jeyaraj Fernandopulle. Having taken oaths as an attorney-at-law, he worked under Daya Perera.[2]

Judicial career

Lower courts

Perera served as a Primary Court judge from 1980, in Embilipitiya and Welimada. In 1984, he was appointed as a Magistrate. He functioned as the Magistrate of Mount-Lavinia, Walasmulla, Kalutara and Colombo Fort. He became a District Judge in 1990.[2]

High court

In 2001 he was appointed a High Court Judge and served in Ratnapura, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya. He served as a Criminal High Court judge and became one of the first High Court Judges appointed to the newly formed Civil Appellate High Courts in Kandy. While High Court Judge of Ratnapura, he presided over the trail of the murder of Padmasiri Thrimavitharana.[2]

Appeal court

In 2011, he was appointed as a Justice of the Court of Appeal by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Jeyaraj Fernandopulle served till 2016.[3]

Supreme court

He was appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena as a Justice of the Supreme Court in March 2016 to replace Justice Sarath de Abrew on his retirement.[4] In October 2018, he was nominated by President Maithripala Sirisena to the Constitutional Council for post of Chief Justice on the retirement of Justice Priyasath Dep. Following the approval of the Constitutional Council, he took oaths as the 46th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka on 12 October.[5]

Family

He is married to Shirani Perera, who is a lawyer. His sister was Justice Sherin Madawala, former Court of Appeal Judge. He and his sister was the first brother and sister to serve in the Court of Appeal.[6]

References

1. ^{{cite web |title=Sri Lanka constitutional council averts judicial crisis |url=https://economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_constitutional_council_averts_judicial_crisis-3-12320.html |website=economynext.com |language=en}}
2. ^[https://www.newsfirst.lk/2018/10/12/sc-judge-nalin-perera-sworn-in-as-new-chief-justice-of-sri-lanka/ SC judge Nalin Perera sworn in as new Chief Justice of Sri Lanka]
3. ^{{cite web|title=Justice Nalin Perera Takes Oaths As A Judge In The Appeal Court|url=http://target.lk/article.php?article=1725|website=Target|accessdate=6 February 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Justice H.N.J Perera takes oaths as a Supreme Court Judge|url=http://www.president.gov.lk/justice-h-n-j-perera-takes-oaths-as-a-supreme-court-judge/|website=president.gov.lk|publisher=Presidential Secretariat of Sri LankaPresidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka|accessdate=6 February 2017}}
5. ^Post of CJ: Prez nominates SC Judge Nalin Perera
6. ^Justice Nalin Perera sworn in as 46th Chief Justice
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