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Following the retirement<\/span><\/a> of the 43rd Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake<\/span><\/a> today, the most senior Supreme Court Judge K. Sripavan<\/span><\/a> is due to be appointed as her successor.<\/p>\n

This was announced at the cabinet press briefing held in Colombo just a few minutes ago by Minister Rajitha Senaratne.
\n\"Justice<\/a><\/p>\n

It was before justice Sripavan that President Sirisena was sworn-in despite the availability of de-facto CJ Mohan Pieris<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile a ceremonial farewell was held for CJ Shirani B today where she had said it is a momentous day as justice has been upheld and prevailed while also congratulating Justice Sripavan on his lawful appointment.<\/p>\n

After extending the deadline for de facto CJ Mohan Pieris to resign from his position on several occasions, the new government yesterday announced that the process adopted in the impeachment of Shirani B and the appointment of Pieris to fill the position was void and was not legal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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