President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed 21 eminent lawyers as President’s Counsel. They will take oath of office following a ceremonial sitting at Supreme Court shortly. Thereafter, the appointees would be considered as President’s Counsel and are called to the Inner Bar.
President had appointed 21 senor lawyers including Navin Marapana, Sampath Mendis, Chanaka de Silva, Nalinda Indatissa, Nalin Dissanayake, Maura Gunawardena, M. Jayasinghe, Piyasena Deeratne, V.K. Choksy, Wasantha Gajanayake, Ajantha Rodrigo, Falmer Cassim, Jagath Wickramanayake, Sumith Senanayake, Seevali Amithirigala, Kapila Manamperi, Saliya Mohotti, Vincent Perera, Sanath Weeraratne, A.A.M. Illiyas and Swarna Perera as President's Counsel.
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