District Courts of Sri Lanka

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:appealsTo gptkb:Court_of_Appeal_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:country gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:establishedBy Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978
gptkbp:handles probate cases
land disputes
divorce cases
civil disputes exceeding Magistrate's Court jurisdiction
gptkbp:headOfState District Judge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label District Courts of Sri Lanka
gptkbp:jurisdiction civil cases
gptkbp:languageOfName gptkb:Tamil
gptkb:Sinhala
English
gptkbp:level first instance court
gptkbp:location each judicial district in Sri Lanka
gptkbp:numberOfFloors 54
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Judicial_Service_Commission
gptkbp:part_of Judiciary of Sri Lanka
gptkbp:website https://www.jsc.gov.lk/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Court_of_Appeal_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7