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Notice No 08/2023
CONSTITUTION OF BENCHES FROM 6th November 2023 ONWARDS
(A) The Constitution of Benches of the Court of Appeal from 6th November 2023, which shall be operative until further notice, is set out in the Schedule hereof.
(B) In all matters, the Rules of the Court of Appeal shall be applied and followed in a uniform, consistent and fair manner.
(C) Once an argument commences, all Counsel shall endeavour to conclude oral submissions on the same day. However, if conclusion of the argument cannot be reached on the same day, further argument shall be fixed for a date within the shortest possible time, and if that is not possible, within the following three weeks, and not beyond.
(D) Where a specially constituted Bench has been nominated to hear and determine a matter, and any one or more of the Judges of that Bench have been elevated to the Supreme Court, such matter shall be referred to the President of the Court of Appeal, who may refer such matter to the Division of this Court which has now been assigned the hearing of such matter in terms of this Notice, or who may nominate a special Bench to hear and conclude such matter.
(E) All other matters where a specially constituted Bench has been nominated shall be taken up before the same Bench or same presiding Judge in the Court Room in which the Presiding Judge of that Bench is sitting in terms of this Notice.
(F) All new applications filed on extremely urgent basis will be accommodated at the discretion of the Hon. President of the Court of Appeal or the Hon. Presiding Judge of the relevant court and may be mentioned/ supported on a desired day (after 3 working days from the date of filling) only if such application is duly filed (with proof of dispatch of notice to the Respondents) at least before 10 a.m on the day prior to such desired date.
On this 6th day of November, 2023
REGISTRAR OF THE COURT OF APPEAL
By Order of the Hon. President of the Court of Appeal
Court of Appeal Bench List
| Court Room No. |
Bench |
Nature of work |
| 301 |
Hon. Justice N. Bandula Karunarathna, (P/CA)
Hon. Justice Wikum A. Kaluarachchi
|
- - High Court Criminal Appeals (even numbers) filed in 2019.
- - Writ applications filed from 1stSeptember 2022 to 31st December 2022.
- - All Writ applications filed from 1st January 2023 onwards
- - Transfer Applications
- - Expulsion Cases
- - All Contempt of Court Applications
- - Election Petition Cases
- - Any other matters not referred to in this Notice
|
| 303 |
Hon. Justice Sobhitha Rajakaruna
Hon. Justice Dhammika Ganepola
|
- - All Writ applications filed in 2021 (even numbers)
- - All Writ applications filed from 1st January 2022 to 31st August 2022
- - All Writ Applications, transferred from Court 301 on the directions of His Lordship the President of the Court of Appeal, whenever necessary.
- - All remaining Inland Revenue Cases stated by the Tax Appeals Commission filed from 31st December 2017.
|
| 107 |
Hon. Justice Menaka Wijesundara
Hon. Justice B. Sasi Mahendran
|
- - All High Court Criminal Appeals (odd numbers)
- - All Writ Applications, transferred from Court 301 on the directions of His Lordship the President of the Court of Appeal, whenever necessary.
|
| 108 |
Hon. Justice D.N. Samarakoon
Hon. Justice Neil Iddawala
|
- - All Writ applications filed in 2018
- - Inland Revenue Cases stated by the Tax Appeals Commission filed from 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2021.
- - Restitutio in Integrum applications
- - Admiralty matters
- - All Injunction Applications
- - Habeas Corpus applications
- - Appeals under the Right to Information Act.
- - All Writ Applications, transferred from Court 301 on the directions of His Lordship the President of the Court Appeals, whenever necessary.
|
| 206 |
Hon. Justice M.T. Mohommed Laffar
Hon. Justice K.K.A.V. Swarnadhipathi
|
- - All Writ applications filed in 2019, 2020 & 2021 (odd numbers)
- - Appeals, Revisions and Leave to Appeal applications from the Wakfs Board.
- - Appeals and Revision applications from the Provincial High Court (Civil Cases)
- - Land Acquisition Board of Review cases
- - Leave to Appeal applications (Civil)
- - Miscellaneous applications (Civil)
- - All Writ Applications, transferred from Court 301 on the directions of His Lordship the President of the Court Appeals, whenever necessary.
|
| 110 |
Hon. Justice Sampath B. Abeykoon
Hon. Justice P. Kumararatnam
|
- - All High Court Criminal Appeals (even numbers) (except all Appeals filed in 2019)
- - Appeals and Revision applications from the Provincial High Court (Criminal Cases)
- - Extradition Cases
- - Leave to Appeal applications (Criminal)
- - MCR applications
- - Miscellaneous applications (Criminal)
- - All Writ Applications, transferred from Court 301 on the directions of His Lordship the President of the Court of Appeal, whenever necessary.
|
| 204 |
Hon. Justice M. Sampath K.B. Wijerathna
Hon. Justice M.A.R. Marikkar
|
- - All Writ applications filed in 2019, 2020 (even numbers)
- - Inland Revenue Cases stated by the Tax Appeals Commission filed from 1st January 2023 onwards.
- - All Writ Applications, transferred from Court 301 on the directions of His Lordship the President of the Court of Appeal, whenever necessary.
|
| 302 |
Hon. Justice S.U.B. Karaliyadda
Hon. Justice Mayadunna Corea
|
- - All Inland Revenue Cases stated by the Tax Appeals Commission filed in 2018, 2019 and 2022.
- - All Writ Applications, transferred from Court 301 on the directions of His Lordship the President of the Court of Appeal, whenever necessary
|
| 205 |
Hon. Justice R. Gurusinghe
Hon. Justice Chamath Morais
|
- - All remaining Writ applications filed up to 31st December 2017
- - All remaining Final Appeals from District Courts.
- - All Bail Applications.
- - Bail Appeals from High Court (BAA).
- - All Writ Applications, transferred from Court 301 on the directions of His Lordship the President of the Court Appeals, whenever necessary
|
| 109 |
|
- - Not Sitting Until Further Notice
|
