Justice Mohammed Laffar Tahir, the senior-most judge of the Court of Appeal, has been appointed as its Acting President.
He was sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (Feb 2).
The appointment follows the pre-retirement leave of Justice Bandula Karunaratne, the current President of the Court of Appeal, whose leave has been accepted by the President.
Justice Tahir will serve in this capacity until a new Acting President of the Court of Appeal is appointed as per constitutional provisions.
