Sri Lanka, Nov. 20 -- The Courts in Sri Lanka can be broadly classified as follows:

1. Courts of First Instance - exercising original, civil and criminal jurisdiction and

2. Court exercising appellate and revisionary jurisdiction.

Prior to the enactment of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1987, any person aggrieved by an order or a judgement of any court of first instance could exercise the first right of appeal to the Court of Appeal and after the order of the Court of Appeal is made, a second right of appeal could be exercised to the Supreme Court. Article 138 of the Constitution identifies the general jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal. Accordingly, this Article vested with the Court of Appeal an appellate and a revisionar...