The district courts in Sri Lanka are lower courts headed by a district judge who is vested with original civil jurisdiction. In metropolitan areas such...

Judiciary of Sri Lanka are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in Sri Lanka. The Constitution of Sri Lanka defines...

divisions of Sri Lanka, preceded by provinces. Sri Lanka has 25 districts organized into 9 provinces. Districts are further divided into a number of divisional...

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය, romanized: Sri Lanka Sreshthadikaranaya; Tamil: இலங்கை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், romanized: Ilankai...

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka High Court of Sri Lanka District Courts Magistrate's Courts Primary Courts There were two types of practitioners;...

The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය, romanized: Śrī Lankā Rajaya; Tamil: இலங்கை அரசாங்கம்) is a Semi-presidential republic determined...

Courts of law Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka High Court of Sri Lanka District Courts Magistrate's Courts Primary Courts Sri Lanka...

The Sri Lankan Civil War (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya; Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai...

The High Court in Sri Lanka is the only court which exercises the jurisdiction of the court of first instance and the appellate jurisdiction with both...

magistrate's courts, current magistrate's courts are established under the Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978 to each judicial division in Sri Lanka. The Minister...