Shirani Bandaranayake

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Shirani Bandaranayake is a Sri Lankan jurist who became the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.

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Shirani Bandaranayake canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sri Lankan jurist
human
judge
affiliatedWith Faculty of Law, University of Colombo NERFINISHED
areaOfActivity Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
continentOfCitizenship Asia
countryOfCitizenship Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
countryOfResidence Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Colombo NERFINISHED
University of London
employer Supreme Court of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
University of Colombo NERFINISHED
familyName Bandaranayake NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork constitutional law
law
gender female
givenName Shirani NERFINISHED
hasAcademicSpecialization constitutional law
public law
hasActivity judicial decision-making
legal scholarship
hasEthnicGroup Sinhalese NERFINISHED
hasHonorificTitle Dr.
Madam Chief Justice NERFINISHED
hasRole chief judicial officer of Sri Lanka
isSubjectOf legal and political analyses in Sri Lanka
news coverage on judicial independence in Sri Lanka
jurisdiction Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
knownFor controversial impeachment proceedings in Sri Lanka
languageOfWorkOrName English
Sinhala
legalProfession barrister
legalSystem Sri Lankan legal system
memberOf Sri Lankan judiciary
name Shirani Bandaranayake NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Sinhala NERFINISHED
notableEvent appointment as first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
impeachment motion brought before Sri Lankan Parliament
notableFor being the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
service on the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
occupation academic
judge
jurist
partOf Supreme Court of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
workLocation Colombo NERFINISHED

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Description of subject: Shirani Bandaranayake is a Sri Lankan jurist who became the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.

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St. Bridget’s Convent, Colombo hasNotableAlumna Shirani Bandaranayake