Upawansa Yapa PC was the 37th

Solicitor General of Sri Lanka The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka is a post subordinate to the Attorney General of Sri Lanka. The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka assists the Attorney General, and is assisted by four Additional Solicitors General. Note that the post was Solicit ...

Early childhood

Upawansa Yapa was born on 2 November 1941 in Bandarawela,

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 ...

. Yapa received his education at

Nalanda College Colombo ''Āpadāna Sobhinī Panñā'' , motto_translation = Character Illumines Wisdom , established = , founder = Patrick de Silva Kularatne , type = National , grades = 1 ...

and while at school, he led both Sinhala and English debating teams.Bandaranayake vs. Yapa 'Many wrong things have been done'
/ref> He subsequently attended the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya in 1960, where he obtained Bachelor of Arts degree.

Career

In 1965 Yapa joined the Ceylon Law College and was admitted as an advocate of Your Lordship's Court in February, 1969. He joined the Attorney General's Department as a Crown Counsel in 1970 and served in the Department's Criminal Division. Later he rose to the position of Senior State Counsel, Deputy Solicitor General, Additional Solicitor General and finally as the Solicitor General. He was appointed President's Counsel in September 1992. Yapa has appeared for the State in several important Criminal trials, including

Sepala Ekanayake Sepala Ekanayake (or Ekanayaka; born June 3, 1949, in Karatota, Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka) gained international notoriety after hijacking an Alitalia Boeing 747 with 340 passengers on June 30, 1982. Life and career Early life Ekanayake atte ...

aircraft hijacking case.

References

* Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers * Attorney General's Department Sri Lanka
Hulftsdorp Hill 17 January 1999 An honourable man was denigrated

World: South Asia Sri Lanka torture goes unpunished

* ttp://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/11/18/new22.asp Tribute to seven distinguished members of Inner Bar
How an honourable man was belittled

* [http://www.priu.gov.lk/sinhala/NewsUpdate/currentAffairs/ca200611/200611_07_1.htm මානව හිමිකම් උල්ලංඝනය වීම් පිළිබඳ සොයාබැලීමට විශේෂ ජනාධිපති කොමිසමක් [2006.11.07] {{DEFAULTSORT:Yapa, Upawansa Sinhalese lawyers Sri Lankan Buddhists President's Counsels (Sri Lanka) Alumni of the University of Peradeniya Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo Living people 1941 births Solicitors General of Sri Lanka