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Friday, January 30, 2015

Judge Kanagasabapathy Sripavan(62)Appointed the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka Friday Jan 30,2015

 Judge Kanagasabapathy Sripavan (right) takes oath in front of President Maithripala Sirisena (centre)
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed a Tamil judge as the new chief justice - the first member of the minority community to hold the post in decades.

Judge Kanagasabapathy Sripavan(62)was sworn in in the capital Colombo

Judge Kanagasabapathy Sripavan is the first Tamil to be appointed to the top position since 1991. The move comes two days after the president declared illegal the 2013 impeachment of former chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake

Sri Lanka's former chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake stepped down on Thursday Jan 29,2015, a day after being formally restored to the post, which she lost in January 2013 after angering former President Mahinda Rajapaksa with her judgements against his regime.
Sri Lanka's former chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake’s sacking was widely criticised, with the UN Human Rights Council calling it an assault on judicial independence

Sri Lanka's former chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake (C) arrives at the Supreme Court complex in Colombo on January 28, 2015, after new Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena restored her position saying that her sacking two years ago was illegal
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