Appeal Court Judge K. T. Chitrasiri will be appointed a Supreme Court judge.

The Constitutional Council today approved a recommendation made by President Maithripala Sirisena to appoint Justice Chitrasiri as a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.

K.T. Chitrasiri enrolled as an attorney-at-law in March 1977 and commenced practicing both in the civil and criminal cases at the Balapitiya Bar. He apprenticed at the chambers of the late P. Navaratnarajah Q.C.

In March 1979, he joined the Legal Draftsman’s Department as an Assistant Legal Draftsman and was appointed a judicial officer the next year. Over the years he functioned at several important stations including Kandy, Galle, and Panadura. He also served as the Chief Magistrate of Colombo and District Judge Colombo.

He later proceeded to the United Kingdom to pursue his post graduate studies at Queen Mary College, University of London where he majored in Intellectual Property Law. In 2002, Justice Chitrasiri was appointed Judge of the Commercial High Court and served in this capacity till 2009. He served in this Court for the longest period.

He also functioned as the Director, Human Rights Commission, the Registrar of Companies and was a member of the panel of lecturers at the Judges Institute of Sri Lanka. He was the Assistant Secretary of the Judicial Services Association of Sri Lanka and Secretary High Court Judges Association of Sri Lanka.

Chitrasiri is a past pupil of Dharmasoka Vidyalaya, Ambalangoda and Royal College, Colombo.