List of Acting Chief Justices of Sri Lanka


The Provisional & Acting Chief Justice of Sri Lanka is the temporary head of the judicial system of Sri Lanka as the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The Chief Justice is one of ten Supreme Court justices; the other nine are the Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.

Provisional & acting Chief Justices


NameProvinceTermElevated by
Sir Alexander Johnston §3 April 1806 - 5 April 1807
Sir William Coke§6 March 1809 - 1811
Sir Charles Marshall18 February 1833 - 1836
7Sir William Rough9 March 1836 - April 1836
9Sir William RoughApril 1837 - 1838
P. J. Sterling1859 - 1860
Sir Richard Morgan1875William Henry Gregory
C. H. Stewart1875 - 1876
Sir George Anderson1876 - 1877
Lovell Burchett Clarence1882
Sir Alfred Lascelles1906
William Thomas Porter1921
Sir Francis Soertsz1939
Sir Francis Soertsz1945 and 1946
Eugene Reginald de Fonseka1960 and 1962Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke
Chellappah NagalingamNorthern Province1954