Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka

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The Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka is the country’s second-highest appellate court, responsible for hearing appeals from lower courts and tribunals and exercising supervisory jurisdiction over them.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sri Lanka Court of Appeal ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
canIssue writ of certiorari ⓘ
writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
writ of mandamus ⓘ
writ of prohibition ⓘ
writ of quo warranto ⓘ
canReview decisions of public authorities in Sri Lanka ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
establishedInYear 1972 ⓘ
function to correct errors of law and fact made by lower courts ⓘ
to ensure legality of administrative action in Sri Lanka ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Sri Lanka, Article 105 et seq. ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
revisionary jurisdiction ⓘ
supervisory jurisdiction ⓘ
writ jurisdiction ⓘ
headedBy President of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom District Courts of Sri Lanka ⓘ
High Court of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Labour Tribunals of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Magistrates’ Courts of Sri Lanka ⓘ
higherCourt Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ⓘ
judicialSystem Judiciary of Sri Lanka ⓘ
jurisdiction Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
legalTradition mixed legal system (Roman-Dutch law and English common law influences) ⓘ
locatedIn Colombo ⓘ
lowerCourt District Courts of Sri Lanka ⓘ
High Court of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Magistrates’ Courts of Sri Lanka ⓘ
lowerTribunal various administrative tribunals of Sri Lanka ⓘ
numberOfJudges at least 10 judges ⓘ
partOf court system of Sri Lanka ⓘ
positionInJudicialHierarchy second-highest court in Sri Lanka ⓘ
predecessor Supreme Court of Ceylon (appellate functions) ⓘ
reviews administrative decisions on appeal ⓘ
civil cases on appeal ⓘ
criminal cases on appeal ⓘ
seat Colombo ⓘ
supervises District Courts of Sri Lanka ⓘ
High Court of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Magistrates’ Courts of Sri Lanka ⓘ
administrative tribunals of Sri Lanka ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka → establishesBody → Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka → alsoKnownAs → Sri Lanka Court of Appeal ⓘ
linked to: Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka