Suppiah Sharvananda

Suppiah Sharvananda


1st Governor of Western Province
In office 6 June 1988 – 10 June 1994
President	J. R. Jayewardene
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	Deva Swaminathan
37th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
In office 1984–1988
Appointed by	J. R. Jayewardene
Preceded by	Neville Samarakoon
Succeeded by	Parinda Ranasinghe
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
In office 1974–1984
Personal details
Born	(1923-02-22)22 February 1923 Kayts, British Ceylon
Died	10 January 2007(2007-01-10) (aged 83) Sydney, Australia
Spouse(s)	Pushapawathy
Children	Nandakumar Chandramalar
Alma mater	Colombo Law College University of London
Religion	Hinduism

Deshamanya Suppiah Sharvananda (also spelt Suppiah Sarvananda) was the 37th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka and the first Governor of the Western Province.

Early life

Sharvanda was born on 22 February 1923 in Kayts, Jaffna District. He attended St. Anthony's English School in Kayts before transferring to Jaffna Hindu College at Grade 6. After completing his secondary education he studied at Colombo Law College, qualifying as a lawyer in 1946. During his time at the Law College he also obtained a BA degree from the University of London.

Legal career

As a lawyer Sharvanda worked on civil cases and served under such eminent lawyers as Dr. H. W. Thambiah QC, S. J. V. Chelvanayakam QC, and H. V. Perera QC. He was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1974. In 1984 he succeeded Neville Samarakoon as Chief Justice, the first Tamil to hold that position. He made a number of landmark judgments during his Supreme Court tenure, including the 13th Amendment to the constitution. He retired from the Supreme Court in 1988.

Later life

After his retirement President J.R Jayewardene appointed him the first governor of the Western Province in 1988. He held this position until 1994. In 2001 President Chandrika Kumaratunga appointed him as the Chairman of the Presidential Truth Commission on ethnic violence between the period of 1981 and 1984.

References

Palakidnar, Ananth (13 January 2007). "Sharvananda funeral today in Sydney". Daily News, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

Legal offices
Preceded by Neville Samarakoon	Chief Justice of Sri Lanka 1984-1988	Succeeded by Parinda Ranasinghe
Political offices
Preceded by Office Created	Governor of Western Province 1988–1994	Succeeded by Deva Swaminathan

Chief Justices of Sri Lanka

Carrington Lushington Johnston Giffard Ottley Marshall Norris Oliphant Carr Rowe Creasy Hackett Phear Cayley de Wet Burnside Bonser Layard Hutchinson Lascelles Renton Bertram Branch Fisher Macdonell Abrahams Howard Wijewardena Jayetileke Rose Basnayake Sansoni Fernando Silva Tennekoon Samarakoon Sharvananda Ranasinghe Thambiah de Silva Silva de Silva Bandaranayake Peiris Sripavan

The Sharvananda court (1984–1988)

Oct 1984–Nov 1984	Wanasundara Wimalaratne Colin-Thomé Ranasinghe Cader Rodrigo

Nov 1984–Dec 1984	Wanasundara Wimalaratne Colin-Thomé Ranasinghe Cader Rodrigo Atukorale Thambiah de Alwis

Dec 1984–May 1985	Wanasundara Wimalaratne Colin-Thomé Ranasinghe Cader Atukorale Thambiah de Alwis

May 1985–Sep 1985	Wanasundara Wimalaratne Colin-Thomé Ranasinghe Atukorale Thambiah de Alwis

Sep 1985–Feb 1986	Wanasundara Colin-Thomé Ranasinghe Atukorale Thambiah de Alwis

Feb 1986–1987	Wanasundara Colin-Thomé Ranasinghe Atukorale Thambiah de Alwis Seneviratne de Silva

Governors of Western Province

Governors	Suppiah Sharvananda D. M. Swaminathan K. Vignarajah P. Ramanathan Alavi Moulana K. C. Logeswaran

Acting

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