Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

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The new superior court complex in Colombo

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka is the highest court of the nation of Sri Lanka.

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• 1 Constitution of the court

• 2 Jurisdiction
• 3 Landmark Judgments
• 4 Composition
o 4.1 Sitting Judges of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
o 4.2 Former Judges
• 5 See also

• 6 References

[edit] Constitution of the court

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka was created in 1972 after the adoption of a new Constitution.
The Supreme Court is the highest and final superior court of record and is empowered to exercise
its powers, subject to the provisions of the Constitution. The court rulings take precedence over
all lower Courts. The Sri Lanka judicial system is complex blend of both common-law and civil-
law. In some cases such as capital punishment, the decision may be passed on to the President of
the Republic for clemency petitions. However, when there is 2/3 majority in the parliament in
favour of president (as with present), the supreme court and its judges' powers become nullified
as they could be fired from their positions according to the Constitution, if the president wants.
Therefore, in such situations, Civil law empowerment vanishes.source