(UTV|COLOMBO) – Chief Justice Priyasath Dep PC has appointed three High Court Judges to the Second Permanent High Court at Bar to hear high profile financial frauds and corruption cases, the State-owned Daily News has quoted informed sources.
The second Special Trial at Bar will comprise High Court Judges Rathnapriya Gurusinghe (President), Amal Ranaraja, and Sashi Mahendran.
Rathnapriya Gurusinghe is presently serving as Commercial High Court Judge while Amal Ranaraja and Shashi Mahendran are serving as Negombo High Court Judge, and Colombo High Court Judge respectively.
Sources said that these Judges are expected to commence work on 15 October.
The Cabinet of Ministers had given approval for the establishment three Special High Courts with an objective of expediting the cases of mass scale corruption and financial misappropriations.
The Government presented the Bill on 06 March to set up permanent High Court-at-Bar to expedite cases of large scale corruption and financial crimes.
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