Kankanithanthri T. Chitrasiri is a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka who was appointed by President

Maithripala Sirisena Maithripala Yapa Sirisena ( si, පල්ලෙවත්‍ත ගමරාළලාගේ මෛත්‍රීපාල යාපා සිරිසේන; ta, பல்லேவத்த கமராளலாகே மைத்திரி� ...

in 2016 to replace Justice Rohini Marasinghe. He was justice of the

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, judge of the High Court and a magistrate. He received an education from Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda and at Royal College, Colombo, he entered the

University of Sri Lanka The University of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, இலங்கைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) was the public university system of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978. Est ...

. He would later follow post graduate studies at

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. Having called to the bar in 1977, he started his practice at the Balapitiya Bar having apprenticed under P. Navaratnarajah Q. He then joined the Legal Draftsman's Department as an assistant legal draftsman in 1979 and was appointed a judicial officer the year later. He served in the courts of Kandy, Galle, and Panadura. He served as the chief magistrate of Colombo and district judge in Colombo. In 2002 he was appointed judge of the Commercial High Court and held the post until 2009. In 2009, he was appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeal. He had also served as director of the Human Rights Commission and the registrar of companies. In an unprecedented move he was appointed to concurrently serve as Commissioner-General of Inland Revenue in 2009. On 19 November 2015 Chitrasiri was recommended to the Constitutional Council by President

to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. On 3 December 2015 Chitrasiri was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court, at the President's office in the parliament complex.

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