Shiranee Tilakawardane

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Shiranee Tilakawardane

Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
In office 19 February 2003 – 6 April 2014
Appointed by	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Acting Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
In office 16 April 2013 – ?
Appointed by	Mahinda Rajapaksa

Personal details
Alma mater	Sri Lanka Law College

Shiranee Tilakawardane is a former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and a member of the Judicial Service Commission. She has also served as acting chief justice when Mohan Peiris was out of the country.^[1]

Education

Tilakawardane was educated at Bishop's College, Colombo and went on to study law at the Sri Lanka Law College. Her legal career commenced with an apprenticeship under Lalith Athulathmudali PC. This was followed by a tenure in the United States, where she served in the Consumer and Narcotic Division of the District Attorney's Office of Fort Colorado.^[2] She received an honorary degree from Williams College in June 2007 and an honorary degree from Smith College in May 2011.

Pioneer

Justice Tilakawardane represented an early generation of women lawyers in Sri Lanka and scored many firsts. She became the first woman to be enrolled as a State Counsellor in 1978. She further established a record by being the country's first female judge of the High Court in April 1988 and became the first woman justice of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka in July 1998. She went on to become President of the Court of Appeals.^[2] Tilakawardane's work in the fields of equality and justice, gender education, and child rights in Sri Lanka and the international community has earned her international recognition. She participated in drafting the guidelines for child victim and child witness testimony submitted to the UN for adoption in the International Criminal Court, in addition to many other writings and presentations on child abuse and child witnesses for organizations including the International Bureau of Child Rights and the Child Protection Authority. She has been active in Sakshi of India's gender workshops for judges and the Asia Pacific Forum for Gender Education for Judges, and serves on the International Panel of Judges for the Child Rights Bureau. She also serves as an International Advisory Board member for the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University in the U.S. She is currently a consultant to the Sri Lanka Judges Training Institute.^[3]

References

^ "Justice Shiranee Tilakawardane sworn in Acting Chief Justice". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b Jayasekera, Talia (19 February 2003). "Justice Shiranee Tilakawardane : Taking "male bastions" in her stride". Daily News. Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
^ Kessler, Julie L. (2018-03-13). "A front-row take on Sri Lanka's perilous journey to stability". Asia Times. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

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Dec 2014–Jan 2015	Sripavan Ekanayake Dep Wanasundera Marasinghe Aluwihare de Abrew de Abrew Jayawardena Abeyratne
2014–Dec 2015	Sripavan Ekanayake Dep Wanasundera Marasinghe Aluwihare de Abrew de Abrew Jayawardena
May 2014– 2014	Marsoof Sripavan Ekanayake Dep Wanasundera Marasinghe Aluwihare de Abrew de Abrew Jayawardena
Apr 2014–May 2014	Marsoof Sripavan Ekanayake Dep Wanasundera Marasinghe Aluwihare
Apr 2014–Apr 2014	Marsoof Sripavan Ekanayake Hettige Dep Wanasundera Marasinghe Aluwihare
Mar 2014–Apr 2014	Tilakawardane Marsoof Sripavan Ekanayake Hettige Dep Wanasundera Marasinghe Aluwihare
Dec 2013–Mar 2014	Tilakawardane Amaratunga Marsoof Sripavan Ekanayake Hettige Dep Wanasundera Marasinghe Aluwihare
Apr 2013–Dec 2013	Tilakawardane Amaratunga Marsoof Sripavan Ekanayake Hettige Dep Wanasundera Marasinghe
Feb 2013–Apr 2013	Tilakawardane Amaratunga Marsoof Sripavan Ekanayake Hettige Dep Wanasundera
Feb 2013–Feb 2013	Tilakawardane Amaratunga Marsoof Sripavan Ekanayake Imam Hettige Dep Wanasundera
Jan 2013–Feb 2013	Tilakawardane Amaratunga Marsoof Sripavan Ratnayake Ekanayake Imam Hettige Dep Wanasundera

v t e ← The Bandaranayake court (2011–2013) →
Jul 2012–Jan 2013	Tilakawardane Amaratunga Marsoof Sripavan Ratnayake Ekanayake Imam Hettige Dep Wanasundera
Jul 2012–Jul 2012	Tilakawardane Amaratunga Marsoof Sripavan Ratnayake Ekanayake Imam Hettige Dep
Jul 2011–Jul 2012	Tilakawardane Amaratunga Marsoof Sripavan Ratnayake Ekanayake Imam Chandra Hettige Dep
May 2011–Jul 2011	Tilakawardane Amaratunga Marsoof Sripavan Ratnayake Ekanayake Imam Chandra

v t e ← The de Silva court (2009–2011) →
Jun 2010–May 2011	Bandaranayake Tilakawardane Amaratunga Marsoof Sripavan Ratnayake Ekanayake Imam Chandra
Jun 2009–Jun 2010	Bandaranayake Tilakawardane Amaratunga Marsoof Sripavan Ratnayake Ekanayake Imam

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