Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf High Court of Justice
gptkbp:appealsTo gptkb:Court_of_Appeal_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:President_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:authority gptkb:Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:buildingType gptkb:Supreme_Court_Complex,_Colombo
gptkbp:country gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:decisionsAreBindingOn all other courts in Sri Lanka
gptkbp:established 1972
gptkbp:firstChiefJustice gptkb:Hema_Henry_Basnayake
gptkbp:hearsCasesOf fundamental rights
constitutional matters
final appeals
parliamentary election petitions
presidential election petitions
gptkbp:highestCourt gptkb:Sri_Lanka
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
gptkbp:judge 17
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:languageOfName gptkb:Tamil
gptkb:Sinhala
English
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Jayantha_Jayasuriya
gptkbp:location gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:இலங்கை_உயர்_நீதிமன்றம்
gptkb:ශ්‍රී_ලංකා_ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Emblem_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:termLength until age 65
gptkbp:type Court of last resort
gptkbp:website http://www.supremecourt.lk/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Government_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Privy_Council_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5