{"id":69555,"date":"2013-01-15T07:46:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T07:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=69555"},"modified":"2013-02-03T00:38:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T00:38:53","slug":"mohan-pieris-sworn-in-as-the-44th-chief-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mohan-pieris-sworn-in-as-the-44th-chief-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohan Pieris Sworn  In As The 44th Chief Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chairman, Seylan Bank, Director Lanka Logistics, Director Rakna Lanka security, Chief cabinet\u00a0legal\u00a0adviser\u00a0and a\u00a0former\u00a0Attorney\u00a0General\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mohan+Peiris&amp;x=6&amp;y=5\">Mohan Pieris<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0sworn\u00a0as the Chief Justice before the President a short while ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mohan-pieris-sworn-in-as-the-44th-chief-justice\/mohan-pieris-2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69589\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69589\" title=\"Mohan Pieris 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-2-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mohan-pieris-sworn-in-as-the-44th-chief-justice\/mohan-pieris-3-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69602\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69602\" title=\"Mohan Pieris 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-3-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mohan-pieris-sworn-in-as-the-44th-chief-justice\/mohan-pieris-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69603\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69603\" title=\"Mohan Pieris 4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-4-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mohan-pieris-sworn-in-as-the-44th-chief-justice\/mohan-pieris-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69604\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69604\" title=\"Mohan Pieris 5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mohan-Pieris-5-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related posts;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Breaking News: Mohan Pieris Is Proposed As The Next CJ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/breaking-news-mohan-pieris-is-proposed-as-the-next-cj\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Breaking News: Mohan Pieris Is Proposed As The Next CJ<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/aspirant-cj-mohan-pieris-exposed-professional-misconduct-as-attorney-general\/\">Aspirant CJ Mohan Pieris Exposed: Professional Misconduct As Attorney General<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Rs 619 Million Public Funds Fraud Case Against Mohan Peiris And PB Jayasundara: The Lawyer Was Threatened\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rs-619-million-public-funds-fraud-case-against-mohan-peiris-and-pb-jayasundara-the-lawyer-was-threatened\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rs 619 Million Public Funds Fraud Case Against Mohan Peiris And PB Jayasundara: The Lawyer Was Threatened<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Mohan Peiris: The Best Fitting CJ For A Lawless Regime\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mohan-peiris-the-best-fitting-cj-for-a-lawless-regime\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mohan Pieris: The Best Fitting CJ For A Lawless Regime<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":69589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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