National Saving Bank Chairman's Wife Appointed as New CJ of Sri Lanka !

Senior Supreme Court Judge Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake took oaths as the new Chief Justice before Mahinda Rajapakse few days back, becoming Sri Lanka’s first woman Chief Justice.

Incidentally she is Sri Lanka’s 33rd Chief Justice, succeeding her retiring predecessor former Chief Justice Asoka de Silva.

Mahinda Rajapakse’s nomination of Dr. Bandaranayake, formerly Associate Professor of Law and the Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, as the new CJ was approved by the Parliamentary Council on May 12.

As her husband is the current CEO of NSB (also apointed by Mahinda ), their are doubts among many about the decesions being given.