List of Acting Chief Justices of Sri Lanka

The Provisional & Acting Chief Justice of Sri Lanka is the temporary head of the judicial system of Sri Lanka as the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The Chief Justice is one of ten Supreme Court justices; the other nine are the Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.

Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
අග්‍ර විනිශ්චයකාර
Incumbent
None
StyleThe Honourable Justice
AppointerPresident of Sri Lanka
Term lengthUntil the age of sixty-five years
WebsiteSupreme Court of Sri Lanka
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Provisional & acting Chief Justices
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Name Province Term Elevated by
Sir Alexander Johnston §[1] 3 April 1806 - 5 April 1807
Sir William Coke§ 6 March 1809 - 1811
Sir Charles Marshall 18 February 1833 - 1836
7 Sir William Rough 9 March 1836 - April 1836
9 Sir William Rough April 1837 - 1838
P. J. Sterling 1859 - 1860
Sir Richard Morgan 1875 William Henry Gregory
C. H. Stewart 1875 - 1876
Sir George Anderson 1876 - 1877
Lovell Burchett Clarence 1882
Sir Alfred Lascelles 1906
William Thomas Porter[2] 1921
Sir Francis Soertsz 1939
Sir Francis Soertsz 1945 and 1946
Eugene Reginald de Fonseka 1960 and 1962 Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke
Chellappah Nagalingam Northern Province 1954

See also

References
  1. "Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union" (PDF). Dutch Burgher Union. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  2. "PORTER, Hon. William Thomas". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 7 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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