President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has nominated Supreme Court Justice Preethi Padman Surasena to be the next Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, pending approval from the Constitutional Council, which is scheduled to meet on Wednesday (July 23)
Current Chief Justice Murdu Fernando is due to retire on July 27, with a formal farewell speech planned before the Supreme Court on July 25.
Justice Surasena, one of the most senior judges on the Supreme Court bench, previously served as a member of the Judicial Service Commission.
He has presided over several high-profile cases and currently chairs the special parliamentary committee investigating misconduct allegations against IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon. (Newswire)