Rohini Perera Marasinghe 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

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on 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 ...

. Prior to her appointment as Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, in April 2013, she served as a judge of the Court of Appeal and was promoted to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice S. I. Imam. Rohini Marasinghe, graduating in law in 1976, joined the Attorney-General's Department as a State Counsel in 1980. Becoming a Magistrate in 1983, Marasinghe served as a District judge in almost all parts of the country before being appointed High Court judge. In 2006, she was elevated as a Judge of the

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. In April 2013 Marasinghe was appointed to the

. At the appointment of Marasinghe the Peiris court had four female judges. Marasinghe obtained her master's from the

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. ;Other posts Marasinghe has participated in and presented legal papers at numerous conferences and seminars all over the world, including at the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Conference and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Conference. * Resource person at the Sri Lankan Judges Institute * Secretary to the Judicial Service Association * Secretary to the High Court Judges Association * President to the High Court Judges Association

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