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අපේ වෘත්තිය..... ඇත්තටම මන් හුඟක් සතුටු වෙනවා නීතීඥයෙක් වීම ගැන. අතීතයේ ඉඳපු නීතීඥ‍වරු ගැන කියවද්දී, ඒ අය කළ කී දේ ගැන අහද්දී පුදුම ආඩම්බරයක් දැනෙන්නේ. ලංකා‍වේ නීතීඥ වෘත්තියට මන් හිතන්නේ තාම අවුරුදු 250ක් වගේ. හරියට නිකන් ඇමරිකාවේ ජීවිත කාලෙ වගේ තමයි. කෙටි කාලයක් වුනත් ගත වෙලා තියෙන්නේ සෑහෙන දියුණුවක් ලබලා තියෙනවා. ඒත් වෙලාවකට මෙහෙමත් හිතෙනවා. ඇමරිකාව ගැන මිනිස්සු කියන්නේ ආර්ථිකමය දියුණුවක් ලැබූවට සාරධර්ම, සංස්කෘතිමය විදියට ඇමරිකාවේ දියුණුවක් නෑ කියලා. අපේ නීතීඥ වෘත්තියත් එහෙමද? ඒක ගැන මන් හිතන්න අවශ්‍ය නෑ නේ නේද? අපේ වෘත්තිය ඇත්තටම කලින් කිව්වා වගේ හරිම ආඩම්බරකාර වෘත්තියක්. රටක නීති හදන්න, නීති වෙනස් කරන්න, කොටින්ම කිව්වොත් රටක පාලනය පවත්වාගෙන යන්න ප්‍රායෝගිකව උදව් වෙන්නේ අපි. බොහොම අතීතයකට නෑකම් කියන නීතීඥ වෘත්තියෙ ආරම්භය දෙවියොත් එක්ක සම්බන්ධයි. උදාහරණයක් විදියට බයිබලයේ ඉන්න ඩේවිඩ් මුල් කාලීන නීතීඥ චරිතයක්. නීතීඥයකුට තමන්ගේ මිනිස්සුන්ට වගේම රට වෙනුවෙන් සේවය කරන්න පුළුවන්. ඒකමයි මන් මේ වැඩේට කැමති. නීතිය ගැන කථා කරද්දී අපි ඉගෙන ගන්න නීතිය ආගමික මතවාද එක්ක ආරම්භ වෙච

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF  SRI LANKA J M T M M MADHAWA TENNAKOON  vs.  S.P.A.B.W.M.R.R.W.J. THARANGIKA WEGODAPOLA CA 156/2014 Transfer Present - A W A SALAM, J (P C/ A)                   Romesh Silva PC  the Petitioner                   Faizer Muthaffa PC for the  Respondent  Decided on - 26.08.2014  " The appointment of a judge to any position is as sacred as the performance of the judges duty itself. After all, courts are considered next to places of worship and the judges as the officiating priests. To choose the right judge to the right place is a herculean task. In as much as the appointing authority is concerned with ascertaining to which position and place a judge could be appointed or posted the appointee also should assess himself as to his exact capacity and the area in which he could perform his function without disappointing the decision making authority or leaving room for criticism that a fair a

Abraham Lincoln on one occasion prepared some notes for a lecture on law. In the introductory words of the manuscript he said: "I find quite as much material for a lecture in those points wherein I have failed, as in those wherein I have been moderately successful." From these notes and other original writings of the Illinois lawyer, the following excerpts have been compiled: The case cannot be gained by much talking. Practice proves more than theory, in any case. The severest justice may not always be the best policy. I am for it unless there be some valid reason against it. Right or wrong I assumed this ground and I now avow it. Every particular case will have its modifying circumstances. You must remember some things legally right are not morally right. Any effort to put enmity between you and me, is as idle as the wind. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. I would not offer her or an

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA  Geoffrey Anthony Thilan Amarasekara  v.  The Honourable Attorney General CA Case No. 149/2012 Criminal Procedure, Ss 7, 279, 283 (2), 375 (1), 380, 381  -  the date of the conviction - the unsoundness of mind of the accused - its effect on the conviction - whether a sentence is excessive  or lenient -  The Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 1996, S.37 - Mental Diseases Ordinance of 1873

People’s Bank  v.  Minal Chandra Jayasinghe and others   Civil Procedure Code, S.121 and 175 - interpretation of the sections - “the day fixed for the hearing” and “the date fixed for the hearing” - list of witness - operation of the law 

Fundamental Rights, Art: 11,12,13(1) and 13(2) - guidelines to  the trial judges - Evidence Ordinance, Sec. 134 - applicability of the section when the police tries to  justify the arrest IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Rajapaksha Pathirage Justin Rajapaksha  v.  IP Prasanna Rathnayake, Formerly Headquarters Inspector (HQI) Police Station, Homagama SC/FR 689/2012 Before : Eva Wanasundera PC, J                B P Aluwihare PC J                Sisira J de Abrew J Counsel : Nishantha Sirimanna for the Petitioner                  Saliya Peiris with Yohan Peiris for the 2nd Respondent                   Induni Punchihewa SC for the 8th and 9th Respondents Argued on : 8.12.2015 Decided on : 28.3.2016 per Justice  Abrew;  "The incident that took place in this case is a good example for the trial judges to remember that the police sometimes arrest people without any reasons and later introduce contraband or similar il