Shirani Bandaranayake, the 43rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, was impeached by Parliament and then removed from office by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in...
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Upatissa Atapattu Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Shirani Anshumala Bandaranayake (born April 1958), known as Shirani Bandaranayake (Sinhala: ශිරාණි...
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during the time of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. It was proved right by the Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake. Shirani Bandaranayake the former chief...
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Rohitha Rajapaksa (category Children of presidents of Sri Lanka)
the youngest son of Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He has two elder brothers – Namal and Yoshitha. He was a member of the Sri Lanka Navy...
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Controversy of 2013–2015 The chief justice Mohan Peiris PC was appointed on 15 January 2013 following the controversial impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake. Peiris...
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Mohan Peiris (category Alumni of Sri Lanka Law College)
President Mahinda Rajapaksa following the controversial impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake. The Parliamentary Council gave its approval for Peiris's...
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2013 in Sri Lanka (category Years of the 21st century in Sri Lanka)
the chief justice and the impeachment was therefore unconstitutional. 7 January Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake: Court of Appeal quashes the Parliamentary...
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2012 in Sri Lanka (category Years of the 21st century in Sri Lanka)
Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister – D. M. Jayaratne Chief Justice – Shirani Bandaranayake Central Province – Tikiri Kobbekaduwa Eastern Province – Mohan Wijewickrama...
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Pradeep Kariyawasam (category Alumni of Royal College, Colombo)
of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation and the National Savings Bank of Sri Lanka he is the husband of Shirani Bandaranayake, 43rd Chief Justice of Sri...
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K. Sripavan (category Presidents of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka)
January 2013 43rd Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake was controversially impeached by the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Bandaranayake was subsequently removed from...
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2014 in Sri Lanka (category Years of the 21st century in Sri Lanka)
Santhan) to life in prison. 21 February – Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake: The Supreme Court over turns the Court of Appeal decision in January 2013 to...
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K. Kanag-Isvaran (category Academic staff of the University of Colombo)
number of high-profile non-commercial legal cases including the controversial impeachment of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, the de-merger of the North...
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Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe (category Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka)
support of former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake during her impeachment. Following the 2015 presidential election he was appointed Minister of Justice...
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka that supported impeachment of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad...
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Anil Goonaratne (category Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka)
Select Committee on the impeachment against the then Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. In January 2015, as the most senior Appeal Court Judge, he was...
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The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka. The president is a dominant political figure in the country...
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S. Sriskandarajah (category Presidents of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka)
Court of Appeal sitting which quashed the Parliamentary Select Committee's findings in respect of the impeachment of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. Sriskandarajah...
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re-election. The independence of the Supreme Court has been questioned since the UPFA impeached former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, allowing Rajapaksa to...
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Maithripala Sirisena (redirect from Presidency of Maithripala Sirisena)
Political victims during Rajapaksa's rule, including Sarath Fonseka and Shirani Bandaranayake, would be re-appointed. In a separate document Sirisena pledged...
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