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Sathya Hettige
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Sathya Hettige | |
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| Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka | |
| In office 10 July 2011 – 18 April 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Colombo |
Sathya Hettige PC is a Sri Lankan judge and lawyer. He is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and is also a non-resident justice of appeal of the Supreme Court of Fiji.[1] Prior to his appointment as Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka he was serving as president of Court of appeal.[2]
Hettige secured his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Colombo. He qualified as an attorney-at-law in 1976 joining the Attorney General's department in 1978. Hettige served as principal law officer in the director of Public Prosecutions, Fiji Islands and was enrolled as a barrister and solicitor in the Supreme Court of Fiji on 19 March 1993.[3]
He is related to the Rajapaksa family.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Justices of Appeal of the Supreme Court". Judiciary Fiji. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ "Sri Lanka named two new Supreme Court judges". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ Malalasekera, Sarath. "Judge's role pivotal in administering justice". Dailynews.lk. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ "Crisis in filling vacancies in the Supreme Court!". Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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