Residential Workshop on Rights-Based Approach to Judicial Decision-Making in Times of Crisis
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law will be held at Hotel Amaya Hills, Kandy from 5.00 p.m. on 13th October 2023 to 01.30 p.m. on 15th October 2023.
Sensitizing District and Magistrate Court Judges to the Psychosocial Impact of Matrimonial Disputes on the Family
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the National Institute of Social Development (NISD) and the Asia Foundation (TAF), will be held at Hilton Hotel, Colombo from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on 23rd September 2023.
Counter Wildlife Trafficking, Residential Workshop for Magistrates
The captioned Residential Workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the Center for Environment and Sustainable Development of the Open University of Sri Lanka,Environmental Foundation Limited and Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund of the United Kingdom, will be held at Hotel Deer Park, Giritale from 4.30 p.m. on 08th September 2023 to 12.30 p.m. on 10th September 2023.
Download: List of Participants
Awareness Raising and Sensitization Workshop on Counter Wildlife Trafficking for High Court Judges
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development of Open University of Sri Lanka and the U.S. Department of State – Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), will be held at Hotel Cinnamon Grand, Colombo from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on 2nd September 2023.
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Residential Workshop on Health and Well-being for High Court Judges
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the Ceylon College of Physicians and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Details will be sent in due course.
Residential Workshop on Role of the Magistrate
The captioned residential workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) which will be held at Hotel Amaya Lake, Dambulla from 8.30 a.m. on 05th August 2023 to 12.30 p.m. on 06th August 2023
Download: List of Participants
Judicial Colloquium on Justice for Children in Sri Lanka
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the Department of Probation and Child Care Services and UNICEF will be held in Hotel Jetwing Lighthouse, Galle from 05.00 p.m. on 28th July 2023 to 12.45 p.m. on 30th July 2023.
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Judges’ Health Insurance (2022/2023)
Download : Details
Residential Workshop on Medico-legal Processes
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka will be held at Cinnamon Citadel Hotel, Kandy from 04.30 p.m. on 09th June 2023 to 01.00 p.m. on 11th June 2023.
Download: List of Participants
MASTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS & DEMOCRATISATION
(2023/2024) - University of Colombo
For more details: - https://cshr.cmb.ac.lk/education/master-of-human-rights-and-democratisation-mhrd-2/master-of-human-rights-and-democratisation-mhrd-local-programme/
Judicial Workshop Presented by Two Utah Supreme Court Justices, the U.S. Attorney for Utah, and OPDAT’s Resident Legal Advisor
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) will be held in Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo from 04.00 p.m. to 07.00 p.m. on 31st May 2023.
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Judicial Workshop Presented by Two Utah Supreme Court Justices, the U.S. Attorney for Utah, and OPDAT’s Resident Legal Advisor
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) will be held in Hotel Amaya Hills, Kandy from 04.00 p.m. to 07.00 p.m. on 01st June 2023.
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Residential Workshop on Medico-legal Processes
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka will be held at Hotel Amaya Lake, Dambulla from 05.00 p.m. on 19th May 2023 to 01.30 p.m. on 21st May 2023.
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Workshops to be held during the year 2022
Download: List of Workshops
Workshop for High Court Judges on Jurisdiction and Procedure in Provincial High Courts
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will be held at Hilton Colombo from 8.30 a.m. on 10th December 2022 to 12.45 p.m. on 11th December 2022.
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Judges Colloquium-Awareness Program and Dialogue for the Judicial Officers on the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act No. 04 of 2015
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the UNDP and the National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses will be held at Habarana Village by Cinnamon Habarana from 8.30 a.m. on 03rd December 2022 to 12.30 p.m. on 04th December 2022
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Residential Workshop on Judicial Dialogue on the Elimination of Gender Discrimination and Enhancing Women’s Access to Justice
Captioned residential workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) will be held at Galle face Hotel Colombo, on 26th and 27th November 2022
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Residential Workshop on Role of the Judiciary in Preventing and Addressing Torture and Other Forms of Ill-treatment of Detainees
Captioned Residential workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be held at Heritance Negombo, form 18th to 20th November 2022
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Residential Workshop on Medico-legal Processes
Captioned Residential workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka
will be held at Taj Bentota Resort & Spa from 05.00 p.m. on 11th November to 01.40 p.m. on 13th November 2022.
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Residential workshop on International Labour Standards and the Role of the Labour Tribunal Presidents in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Will be held at, Heritance Negombo from 05th to 06th of November 2022.
Residential workshop on Remedial and Preventive Measures to Reduce Prison Overcrowding: Judicial Response for Magistrates in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross
Will be held at Habarana Village by Cinnamon, Habarana 28th to 30th of October 2022.
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Residential workshop on Remedial and Preventive Measures to Reduce Prison Overcrowding: Judicial Response for Magistrates in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross at Radisson Blu Resort ,Galle. 21st to 23rd October 2022.
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Judges Colloquium - Awareness Program and Dialogue for the High Court Judges on the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act No. 04 of 2015 organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the UNDP and the National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses
Will be held at Jetwing Lake, Dambulla 15th and 16th of October 2022.
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Residential Workshop on Criminal Pre-trial Procedure for the High Court Judges in line with the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act No. 2 of 2022, in collaboration with UNDP.
Will be held at Galadari Hotel, Colombo from 9.00 a.m. on 1st October 2022 to 12.30 p.m. On 02nd October 2022.
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Residential Workshop on Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) Rights in collaboration with the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law.
Will be held at Heritance Kandalama Hotel, Dambulla on 24th and 25th September 2022.
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Residential Workshop on Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) Rights in collaboration with the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law.
Will be held at Araliya Beach Resort & Spa, Unawatuna on 17th and 18th September 2022.
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Call for Applications - MASTER OF LAW / LL.M in Criminal Justice Administration – OUSL
For more details visit - https://ou.ac.lk/llmcjm/
Residential Workshop on Bail and Sentencing for Judicial Officers organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will be held at Hotel Jetwing Blue, Negombo on 03rd and 04th September 2022
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Invitation for Articles
Judges’ Journal, Vol – VIII- 2022
To All High Court Judges, District Judges, Magistrates and Presidents of the Labour Tribunals
1. Articles are hereby invited from all High Court Judges, District Judges, Magistrates and Presidents of the Labour Tribunals, to be published in the Judges’ Journal, Vol - VIII.
2. Articles should be original work of the author which have not been published elsewhere before.
3. Preferred length of the article is words 2500 to 5000(excluding footnotes).
4. Submission should be in MS Word Format, Font - Times New Roman, and Font size 12, single spaced, Page margin 1.5”.
5. Page numbers at the top of the page.
6. References (footnotes) should be in OSCOLA Format.
Kindly forward a soft copy of article in MS word format by way of an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Hon. Lakmal Wickramasooriya, Judge of the High Court/Deputy Director/The Editor (Judges’ Journal Vol - VIII), on or before 15th of November 2022.
For further inquiries please contact Mr. D.M.A. Senevirathna, Academic Coordinator/SLJI via 0759753657/ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Thank you.
Residential workshop on Remedial and Preventive Measures to Reduce Prison Overcrowding: Judicial Response for Magistrates in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red cross at Kandy On 27th and 28th August 2022.
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Judges Colloquium-Awareness Program and Dialogue for the Judicial Officers on the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act No. 04 of 2015 organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration in with the UNDP and the National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses will be held at the Citrus Hotel, Waskaduwa from 8.30 a.m. on 20th August 2022 to 12.00 p.m. on 21th August 2022.
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Webinar on Refresher training on the Budapest Convention, cybercrime and electronic evidence for High Court Judges in collaboration with Council of Europe, Global Action on Cybercrime Extended (GLACY+) project on 20th – 21st August 2022.
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Residential Workshop on Criminal Pre-trial Procedure for the High Court Judges in line with the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act No. 2 of 2022, in collaboration with UNDP will be held at Cinnamon Citadel Kandy on 13th and 14th August 2022.
(For the High Court Judges in the Central Province, North Central Province, Sabaragamuwa Province, Northern Province, Eastern Province and Uva provinces)
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Webinar on Refresher training on the Budapest Convention, cybercrime and electronic evidence for magistrates in collaboration with Council of Europe, Global Action on Cybercrime Extended (GLACY+) project on 13th - 15th August 2022.
Download: List of Participants
Judges Colloquium-Awareness Program and Dialogue for the High Court Judges on the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act No. 04 of 2015 organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration in with the UNDP and the National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses will be held at the Blue Water Hotel, Wadduwa from 8.30 a.m. on 06th August 2022 to 12.00 p.m. on 07th August 2022.
Download: List of Participants
Residential Workshop on Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) rights for Judges
The captioned workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute in collaboration with the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law
Will be held at Jetwing Blue, Negombo from 9.00 a.m. to 02.15 p.m. on 30th and 31st July 2022.
Download: List of Participants.
Webinar on mental health and well-being for judges in collaboration with Ceylon College of Physicians will be held on 16th of July 2022, from 9.30 am to 1.00 pm through MS Teams.
Areas to be discussed
· Stress management for Judges -
· Common mental health issues -
· Parenting and child mental health -.
Download:- List of Participants
Webinar on - “Evaluation of Evidence in Criminal Cases; A Practical Approach” by Hon. Justice Wickum A. Kaluarachchi, Judge of the Court of Appeal.
The captioned webinar for all Magistrates, will be held online on 25th of June 2022 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00p.m. through MS Teams.
Download:- List of Participants
Webinar on - “Adoption of Electronic Evidence in Labour Tribunal Proceedings’’ By Hon. Justice A.L. Shiran Gooneratne, Judge of the Supreme Court.
The captioned webinar for all Labour Tribunal Presidents, will be held online on 09th of July 2022 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00p.m. through MS Teams.
Residential Workshop on Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) rights in collaboration with the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law scheduled to be held on following dates. Await details.
· Workshop 1: 30-31 July
· Workshop 2: 17-18 September
· Workshop 3: 23-24 September
Details on Judges’ Health Insurance (2022/2023) -To All High Court Judges and Judicial Officers
Please download the instructions of the captioned Health Insurance scheme.
Webinar on - “Procedure under Debt Recovery (Special Provinces) Act, No. 2 of 1990, Finance Leasing and Consumer Credit Act”
Resource Person- Hon. Justice Arjuna Obeyesekere, Judge of the Supreme Court
The captioned webinar organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) will be held online on the 07th of May 2022 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. through MS Teams.
The nomination letter and the link to the webinar will be sent via email ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) in due course
Downloads - (Amended list of participants)
MOFCOM Scholarship 2022 (Fully Funded) In China
Download - More details
Webinar on - “Procedure under Debt Recovery (Special Provinces) Act (No. 2 of 1990), Finance Leasing and Consumer Credit Act”
Resource person - Hon. Justice Arjuna Obeysekera.
(Please kindly note that the captioned webinar has been postponed and rescheduled for 07th of May 2022, due to unavoidable circumstances.)
Scholarship opportunities at the Seoul National University in Republic of Korea,
Fall 2022 SNU President Fellowship (SPF) PhD Program
Inviting nominations for scholarships by the Department of External Resources
Scholarships for Masters Degree under the "Thailand International Postgraduate Programme (TIPP)" for the year 2022.
Webinar on - “Procedure under Debt Recovery (Special Provinces) Act (No. 2 of 1990), Finance Leasing and Consumer Credit Act”
Resource person - Hon. Justice Arjuna Obeysekera.
The captioned webinar for all District Court Judges will be held online on 12th of March 2022 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. through MS Teams.
(Please kindly note that the captioned webinar has been postponed and rescheduled for 26th of March 2022, due to unavoidable circumstances.)
Webinar on “Modern Cyber Crimes/ Electronic Evidence Applicability and Appreciation.”
Resource Person- Dr.Harold D’ Costa, President - Cyber Security Corporation India.
The captioned webinar for all Judicial Officers who are exercising Criminal Jurisdiction, will be held online on 26th February 2022 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. through MS Teams.
Download: List of Participants
Webinar on “Partition Law”
Resource Person - Justice A.W.A. Salam, President of the Court of Appeal (Retired)
The captioned Webinar which was scheduled for the 27th of November 2021, now has been rescheduled and fixed to be held online on 11th of December 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. through MS Teams.
Download: List of Participants High Court Judges
List of Participants District Judges
Kindly note that theWebinar on “Partition Law”scheduled for the 27th of November 2021 has been postponed until further notice due to unavoidable circumstances.
Webinar on “Modern Cyber Crimes/ Electronic Evidence Applicability and Appreciation.”
Resource Person- Dr.Harold D’ Costa, President - Cyber Security Corporation India.
The captioned webinar for all High Court Judges will be held online on 04th of December 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00p.m. through MS Teams. Nomination and the link to the session will be sent in due course.
Download: List of Participants
Webinar on “Partition Law”
Resource Person - Justice A.W.A. Salam, President of the Court of Appeal (Retired)
The captioned webinar for Civil Appellate High Court Judges and for District Judges will be held online on 27th of November 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00p.m. through MS Teams. Nominations and the link to the session will be sent in due course.
Download: List of Participants High Court Judges
List of Participants District Judges
Kindly note that the Webinar on Evidentiary Value of Birth, Marriage and Death Certificate - Part – ii
Webinar on Evidentiary Value of Birth, Marriage and Death Certificate - Part - ii
Resource Person- Hon. Justice Janak De Silva, Judge of the Supreme Court
Part ii of the captioned webinar for District Judges will be held online on the 13th of November 2021, through MS Teams.
The nomination and the link to the webinar will be sent in due cause.
Downloads - List of participants
Webinar on - “Objectivity in Judgement Writing with eternal Values”
The captioned webinar organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) will be held online on the 30th of October 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. through MS Teams. Link to the session will be sent in due course.
If you haven’t received a nomination via an email, please notify Mr. DMA Senevirathna, Academic Coordinator SLJI through 0759753657.
List of participants - List 1
Webinar on - “Commercial Arbitration”, for all High Court Judges
Resource person - Hon. Justice Arjuna Obeysekera.
The captioned webinar for all High Court Judges will be held online on 02nd of October 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. through MS Teams.
Webinar on Evidentiary Value of Birth, Marriage and Death Certificate.
Resource Person- Hon. Justice Janak De Silva, Judge of the Supreme Court
The captioned webinar for District Judges will be held online on 25th of September 2021, through MS Teams.
The nomination letter and the link to the webinar via email (slji.information@gmail.com) will be sent in due cause.
Downloads - List of participants
Webinar on - “Intellectual Property Law”, for all High Court Judges
Resource person - Dr. Kanag-Isvaran, PC
The captioned webinar for all High Court Judges will be held online on 18th of September 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. through MS Teams.
If you haven’t received the nomination and the link to the webinar via email ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) please contact Mr. DMA Senevirathna, Academic Coordinator, SLJI on 0759753657 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Webinar for Labour Tribunal Presidents - on Jurisdiction of the Labour Tribunals to a new realm and other contemporary issues
Resource Person - Hon. Justice Sobhitha Rajakaruna
The captioned webinar for Labour Tribunal Presidents, will be held online on 11th of September 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. through MS Teams.
Please find the attached list of participants and the agenda of the program.
If you haven’t received the nomination and the link to the webinar via email ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) please contact Mr. DMA Senevirathna, Academic Coordinator, SLJI on 0759753657 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Download: List of participant
Download: Agenda
Notice
Webinar on - “Company Law”
Resource person- Resource person - Dr. Kanag-Isvaran, PC
Date - Saturday 4th September 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Kindly Note that captioned Webinar scheduled for Saturday 4th September 2021, has been postponed until Furth notice, due to unavailability of the technical staff in the wake of the Covid – 19 quarantine curfew.
Other Webinars will be conducted as scheduled.
Notice
Webinar on “Modern Cyber Crimes/ Electronic Evidence Applicability and Appreciation.”
Resource person- Dr.Harold D’ Costa, President - Cyber Security Corporation India.
Date - Saturday 28th of August 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Kindly Note that captioned Webinar scheduled for Saturday 28th of August 2021, has been postponed until Furth notice, due to unavoidable circumstances in the wake of the Covid – 19 quarantine curfew.
Other Webinars will be conducted as scheduled.
Seminar/ Webinar on - "Matters relating to Judicial Proceedings in the context of COVID-19 pandemic"
The captioned Seminar/ Webinar organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) will be held on 13th of August 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00p.m. at the Auditorium of the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute.
Please see the following documents.
1. Nomination letter and the list of participants for physical seminar.
2. Nomination letter and the list of participants for the webinar.
Link for the webinar participants will be sent in due course.
Downloads
Nomination letter for physical seminar.
List of participants for physical seminar.
Nomination letter for webinar.
List of participants for webinar.
Webinars for All High Court Judges.
The following webinars organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute will be held online for all High Court Judges.
1. “Modern Cyber Crimes/ Electronic Evidence Applicability and Appreciation.”
Session 1: Modern Cyber Crimes (Dark Web, Deep Web, Phishing Crimes)
Session 2: Electronic Evidence - Admissibility and Appreciation
Resource person- Dr.Harold D’ Costa, President - Cyber Security Corporation India.
Date - Saturday 28th of August 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
2. Webinar on - “Company Law”
Resource person - Dr. Kanag-Isvaran, PC
Date - Saturday 4th September 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Vacancies for professional positions of Deputy Director and Assistant Director (Law) at the SAARC Arbitration Council (SAARCO) in Islamabad.
More Details - Download
Webinars for All High Court Judges.
The following webinars organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute will be held online for all High Court Judges.
1. Webinar on - Civil Appellate Court Procedure.
By Hon. Justice AWA Salam (Retired), Consultant to the SLJI.
Date - Saturday 10th of July 2021
2. Webinar on - Writs, with special reference to stay orders in writ applications
By Hon. Justice Arjuna Obeysekera, Judge of the Supreme court.
Date - Saturday 17th of July 2021
Download - List of Participants
Webinar on - “Objectivity in Judgement Writing with eternal Values”
by Dr. Mohan Gopal of India.
The captioned webinar organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) will be held online on 3rd of July 2021 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00p.m. through MS Teams. Link to the session will be sent in due course.
If you haven’t received a nomination by 30th June 2021, via an email, please notify Mr. DMA Senevirathna, Academic Coordinator SLJI through 0759753657.
Download - List of participants
Application and details on Judges’ Health Insurance (2021/2022) -To All High Court Judges and Judicial Officers
Please download and follow the instructions in the application.
If you find any difficulty to send the filled applications via post, the Ministry of Justice has requested to email a scanned copy /image of the same to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or faxed to 0112320785 (Attention. MS. Ayomi)
For further clarification or any other information pls contact, Ms. Mathisha Jayathilaka (Seniors Asst. Sec /Admin (act)) - 0714486415
Director
SLJI
Download - Details
Download - Application
Online Sessions on - "Securing Justice" by Dr. Mohan Gopal, former Director of National Judicial Academy of India, organized by the Maharashtra Judicial Academy, Uttan, India, to be held on 24th and 25th April 2021.
The Link to the captioned online sessions has been circulated among all High Court Judges and Judicial Officers via emails. If you do not receive the email, please contact Secretary/SLJI to obtain the same.
Tell- 011-2541193
Mobile - 071-2336753
Invitation for Articles
Judges’ Journal, Vol - VII
To All High Court Judges, District Court Judges, Magistrates and Presidents of the Labour Tribunals
Articles are here by invited from all High Court Judges, District Court Judges, Magistrates and Presidents of the Labour Tribunals, to be published in the Judges’ Journal, Vol - VII.
Original manuscripts of the author which have not been published before, only are invited. Preferred length of the article is words 2500 to 5000.
Kindly forward a soft copy of article in both MS word format and pdf by way of an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Hon. D. F. H. Gunawardena, Judge of the High Court, The Editor (Judges’ Journal Vol - VII), Deputy Director/SLJI) on or before 1st of July 2021.
For further inquiries please contact Mr. DMA Senevirathna, Academic Coordinator/SLJI via 0759753657/ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Thank you.
Hon. D. F. H. Gunawardena,
High Court Judge,
The Editor (Judges’ Journal Vol - VII),
Deputy Director/SLJI.
Notice
Please note that Articles on following areas are already received.
1) Injunctive reliefs and other interim reliefs in banking matter.
2) Application of Rules made under Art.136 of the Constitution by S.C. in Appeal L/A applications and revision applications and writ matters to Civil Appeal High Court.
3) Pre-Trial proceedings.
4) Uniting and Polarizing people through the Constitution.
5) Insurance Law.
6) Freedom of expression as an Intellectual Property Right with special reference to the judgement in R Vs. Penguin, the publishers of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
7) Ethics and Etiquette for Judges.
8) Environment and Bio Diversity Protection.
9) Writing judgements with eternal vales.
Hon. D. F. H. Gunawardena,
High Court Judge,
The Editor (Judges’ Journal Vol - VII),
Deputy Director/SLJI.
Judges' Journal Vol - VI
High Court Judges, District Judges, Magistrates and Labour Tribunal Presidents,
You can now collect your copy of Judges Journal Vol- Vi from the SLJI office.
For further inquiries please contact Ms Kumuduni Maduwanthi, Secretary/SLJI.
Tell - 0112541193
Mob - 0712336753
Orientation Workshop for newly recruited High Court Judges – Part II (Jury Trials)
The captioned webinar organized by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) will be held online from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on 21st of March 2021.
Download - List of participants
Orientation Workshop for Newly Recruited High Court Judges
will be held on 13th of March 2021 from 9.00 am to 4.00p.m.
Downloads - Agenda
National Judicial Dialogue on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and Enhancing Women’s Access to Justice
will be held online on 6th and 13th of March, 2021.
Downloads - List of participants
Downloads - Agenda
Customized Business Communication Skills Course for Judges (which was postponed)
will be recommenced on 06th February 2021.(Online)
Downloads - Scheduled Dates
Please note that the one-day Workshop on Commercial Law for High Court Judges
Scheduled for 7th of November 2020 at the Auditorium of the SLJI has to be postponed until further notice.
Kindly note that the Customized Business Communication Skills Course for Judges scheduled from 3rd October 2020 to 12th December 2020 has to be postponed until further notice.
Notice
Kindly note that the session on Customized Business Communication Skills Course for Judges scheduled for 24th October 2020 will not be conducted.
Notice
Kindly note that the session on Customized Business Communication Skills Course for Judges scheduled for 17th October 2020 will not be conducted.
Notice
Kindly note that the session on Customized Business Communication Skills Course for Judges scheduled for 10th October 2020 will not be conducted.
Notice
Kindly note that the “Judicial Dialogue on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and Enhancing Women’s Access to Justice” which is scheduled for 17th and 18th of October 2020 has been postponed until further notice.
Judicial Dialogue on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and Enhancing Women’s Access to Justice
Organized by the SLJI in collaboration with International Commission of Jurists
will be held on 17th and 18th of October at the Taj Bentota Resort & Spa.
Downloads - List of participants
One day Workshop on Commercial Law for High Court Judges
will be held on 7th of November 2020 at the Auditorium of the SLJI.
Short notice will be given depending on the exigencies
Downloads - List of participants
Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship Programme (JDS)
Call for application for the Academic year 2021/2022
Download : Details
