Chandra Ekanayake is a
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n judge and lawyer. She was a sitting judge of the
Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය, Sri Lanka Sreshthadikaranaya; ta, இலங்கை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், Ilankai uyar neetimanram) is th ...
and since 2012 is also a non-resident
Justice of Appeal of the
Supreme Court of Fiji
The Supreme Court of Fiji is one of three courts established by the now-defunct Chapter 9 of the Constitution, the others being the High Court and the Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court is declared to be ''"the final appellate court of the S ...
.
Ekanayake was educated at
Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya,
Galle
Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Souther ...
and
Visakha Vidyalaya
Visakha Vidyalaya () is a girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a National School managed by the central government providing primary and secondary education.
History
The school was established in 1917 by Celestina Dias as the Buddhist ...
,
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
, thereafter she entering the
Sri Lanka Law College
Sri Lanka Law College (abbreviated as SLLC), formerly known as Ceylon Law College, is a law college, and the only legal institution where one can enroll as a attorney-at-law in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1874, under the then Council of Legal ...
.
Ekanayake was admitted to the bar in 1974 and severed from 1979 to 1980 a judge of the Primary Court.
Her husband
Tissa Ekanayake is also a senior High Court Judge.
References
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Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
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Supreme Court of Fiji justices
Alumni of Sri Lanka Law College
Alumni of Visakha Vidyalaya
Living people
Primary Courts of Sri Lanka judges
Sri Lankan women judges
Year of birth missing (living people)