Colombo, July 27 -- Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Sri Lanka this morning (27) at the Presidential Secretariat, before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Justice Preethi Padman Surasena is the 49th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.

Justice Surasena's name was recently approved by the Constitutional Council for the vacancy created by the retirement of former Chief Justice Murdu Nirupa Bidushinie Fernando.

Having been called to the Bar in 1989, Preethi Padman Surasena subsequently joined the Attorney General's Department, serving as a State Counsel.

He was appointed as a High Court Judge in 2007.

In 2016, he was appointed as a Court of Appeal Judge, becoming the President of the Court of Appeal in...