# List of justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

* Top left: Codrington Edmund Carrington was the first Chief Justice of Ceylon.
* Top right: Shirani Bandaranayake was the 43rd Chief Justice and the first of only two women to hold the position.
This is a list of justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. They are listed in the order in which they took the judicial oath of office and commenced their term.

## List of justices
### 19th century

    As of 28 February 2025
List of justices appointed to the Supreme Court: 1800–1899 :
| No. | Name | Appointed by | Start / end / length of service | Start / end / length of service |
| No. | Name | Appointed by | Puisne Justice | Chief Justice |
| 1 | Codrington Edmund Carrington | North | — | (1st chief justice) March 1801 – 2 April 1806 |
| 2 | Edmund Henry Lushington | North | 5 September 1801 – 15 April 1807 (1801-09-05 – 1807-04-15) 5 years, 222 days | (2nd chief justice) 15 April 1807 – 1809 |
| 3 | Alexander Johnston | Maitland | 15 April 1807 – 14 February 1809 (1807-04-15 – 1809-02-14) 1 year, 305 days | (3rd chief justice) 6 November 1811 – 1819 |
| 4 | William Coke | Maitland | 6 March 1809 – 1 September 1818 (1809-03-06 – 1818-09-01) 9 years, 179 days | 6 March 1809 – 1811 |
| 5 | Henry Byrne | Brownrigg | 5 November 1818 – 1819 | — |
| 6 | Ambrose Hardinge Giffard | Brownrigg | — | (4th chief justice) 8 April 1819 – 2 March 1827 (1819-04-08 – 1827-03-02) 7 years, 328 days |
| 7 | Richard Ottley | Barnes | 8 May 1820 – 1 November 1827 (1820-05-08 – 1827-11-01) 7 years, 177 days | (5th chief justice) 1 November 1827 – 1833 |
| 8 | Henry Matthews | Barnes | 10 October 1827 – 1828 | — |
| 9 | Charles Marshall | Barnes | 14 June 1828 – 18 February 1833 (1828-06-14 – 1833-02-18) 4 years, 249 days | (6th chief justice) 18 February 1833 – 3 March 1836 (1833-02-18 – 1836-03-03) 3 years, 14 days |
| 10 | William Rough | Wilmot-Horton | 18 February 1833 — 1838 | — |
| 11 | William Norris | Wilmot-Horton | 1834 – 27 April 1836 | (7th chief justice) 27 April 1836 – 1837 |
| 12 | John Jeremie | Wilmot-Horton | 10 March 1836 – 1840 | — |
| 13 | John Fredrick Stoddart | Stewart-Mackenzie | 2 June 1838 – 19 August 1839 (1838-06-02 – 1839-08-19) 1 year, 78 days | — |
| 14 | Anthony Oliphant | Stewart-Mackenzie | — | (8th chief justice) 22 October 1838 – 1854 |
| 15 | J. G. Hillebrand | Stewart-Mackenzie | 23 November 1839 – 1841 | — |
| 16 | William Ogle Carr | Stewart-Mackenzie | 19 December 1839 – 17 April 1854 (1839-12-19 – 1854-04-17) 14 years, 119 days | (9th chief justice) 17 April 1854 – 1856 |
| 17 | John Stark | Stewart-Mackenzie | 10 October 1840 – ? | — |
| 18 | Christopher Temple | Anderson | 28 January 1854 – 1873 | — |
| 19 | Paul Ivy Sterling | Ward | 20 November 1855 – ? | — |
| 20 | William Carpenter Rowe | Ward | — | (10th chief justice) 1857 – 1859 |
| 21 | Edward Shepherd Creasy | Ward | — | (11th chief justice) 27 March 1860 – 1875 |
| 22 | Richard Morgan | Ward | 1 January – 19 November 1857 (1857-01-01 – 1857-11-19) 322 days 1 January – 6 November 1860 (1860-01-01 – 1860-11-06) 310 days | — |
| 23 | George Lawson | Ward | 1860 – 1861 1871 – 1872 | — |
| 24 | Henry Byerley Thomson | MacCarthy | 1 January 1863 – 1866 | — |
| 25 | Charles Henry Stewart | Robinson | 11 January 1867 – 1879 | — |
| 26 | Richard Cayley | Gregory | 26 July 1874 – 1 October 1879 (1874-07-26 – 1879-10-01) 5 years, 67 days | (14th chief justice) 1 October 1879 – 1882 |
| 27 | Lovell Burchett Clarence | Gregory | 4 April 1876 – 1888 | — |
| 28 | Harry Dias Bandaranaike | Gregory Longden | 1876 5 July 1879 – 1892 | 1–12 October 1879 9 January – 5 June 1888 |
| 29 | William Hackett | Gregory | — | (12th chief justice) 3 February – 17 May 1877 (1877-02-03 – 1877-05-17) 103 days |
| 30 | John Budd Phear | Longden | — | (13th chief justice) 18 October 1877 – 30 September 1879 (1877-10-18 – 1879-09-30) 1 year, 347 days |
| 31 | Archibald Campbell Lawrie | Longden | 1 July – 13 November 1877 6 July 1892 – 1901 | — |
| 32 | Jacobus de Wet | Longden | — | (15th chief justice) 31 May 1882 – 29 May 1883 (1882-05-31 – 1883-05-29) 363 days |
| 33 | Bruce Burnside | Longden | — | (16th chief justice) 21 May 1883 – 1893 |
| 34 | John Winfield Bonser | Havelock | — | (17th chief justice) 13 November 1893 – 1902 |
| 35 | George Henry Withers | Havelock | 6 July 1892 – 1900 | — |
| 36 | Dodwell Browne | Havelock | 1895 | — |

### 20th century

    As of 28 February 2025
List of justices appointed to the Supreme Court: 1900–1999 :
| No. | Name | Appointed by | Start / end / length of service | Start / end / length of service |
| No. | Name | Appointed by | Puisne Justice | Chief Justice |
| 37 | Frederick Charles Moncrieff | Ridgeway | 4 April 1900 – 1905 | — |
| 38 | Henry Lorensz Wendt | Ridgeway | 15 October 1901 – 28 November 1910 (1901-10-15 – 1910-11-28) 9 years, 44 days | — |
| 39 | John Page Middleton | Ridgeway | 28 January 1902 – 1912 | — |
| 40 | Charles Layard | Ridgeway | — | (18th chief justice) 26 April 1902 – 18 June 1906 (1902-04-26 – 1906-06-18) 4 years, 53 days |
| 41 | Joseph Richard Grenier | Ridgeway | 28 November 1910 – 1912 | — |
| 42 | Alexander Wood Renton | Blake | 3 September 1905 – 1914 | (21st chief justice) 22 August 1914 – 1918 |
| 43 | Joseph Turner Hutchinson | Blake | — | (19th chief justice) 23 October 1906 – 1 May 1911 (1906-10-23 – 1911-05-01) 4 years, 190 days |
| 44 | Alfred Lascelles | McCallum | — | (20th chief justice) 1 May 1911 – 1914 |
| 45 | Walter Pereira | McCallum | 4 July 1912 – | — |
| 46 | James Van Langenberg | McCallum | 1912–1915 | — |
| 47 | George Francis Macdaniel Ennis | McCallum | 5 August 1912 – 1925 | — |
| 48 | Walter Shaw | Chalmers | 10 December 1914 – 1921 | — |
| 49 | Thomas de Sampayo | Chalmers | 1915– | — |
| 50 | Stewart Schneider | Anderson | 1917– | — |
| 51 | Anton Bertram | Stubbs | — | (22nd chief justice) 26 July 1918 – 1925 |
| 52 | Hermann Albert Loos | Manning | 1919–1920 | — |
| 53 | William Thomas Porter | Manning | 12 January 1922 – | — |
| 54 | Thomas Garvin | Manning | 21 June 1921 – 1935 | — |
| 55 | John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene | Manning | 1923– | — |
| 56 | Llewelyn Dalton | Manning | 14 March 1925 – | — |
| 57 | Charles Ernest St. John Branch | Clementi | — | (23rd chief justice) 3 July 1925 – 25 May 1926 (1925-07-03 – 1926-05-25) 326 days |
| 58 | Robert Lyall-Grant | Clifford | 17 February 1926 – | — |
| 59 | Stanley Fisher | Clifford | — | (24th chief justice) 11 December 1926 – 1930 |
| 60 | Allen Drieberg | Fletcher | 19 September 1927 – | — |
| 61 | Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene | Fletcher | May 1928 – | — |
| 62 | Philip James Macdonell | Stanley | — | (25th chief justice) 3 October 1930 – 1936 |
| 63 | William Edward Barber | Thomson | 1932– | — |
| 64 | Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva | Stubbs | 1933–1934 | — |
| 65 | Lewis Matthew Maartensz | Stubbs | 18 February 1935 – | — |
| 66 | Maas Thajoon Akbar | | | — |
| 67 | Francis Harold Bertram | Stubbs | 19 February 1935 – | — |
| 68 | Kenneth Poyser | | –1939 | — |
| 69 | Francis Soertsz | Stubbs | 12 November 1936 – | — |
| 70 | Sidney Abrahams | Stubbs | — | (26th chief justice) 3 July 1936 – 1939 |
| 71 | Francis Moseley | Stubbs | 2 August 1936 – | — |
| 72 | Vincent Fernando | Caldecott | 11 November 1937 – | — |
| 73 | Hector Hearne | Stubbs | 21 May 1937 – 1944 | — |
| 74 | Arthur Eric Keuneman | Caldecott | 4 March 1938 – | — |
| 75 | Oswald Leslie De Kretser II | Caldecott | 8 April 1938 – 1945 | — |
| 76 | Arthur Wijewardena | Caldecott | 22 August 1938 – 15 January 1949 (1938-08-22 – 1949-01-15) 10 years, 146 days | (28th chief justice) 15 January 1949 – 1950 |
| 77 | John Harry Barclay Nihill | Caldecott | 18 November 1938 – | — |
| 78 | John Curtois Howard | Caldecott | — | (27th chief justice) 1 December 1939 – 1949 |
| 79 | George Harry Franklyn Cannon | Caldecott | 1939–1947 | — |
| 80 | Edward Jayetileke | Caldecott | 14 May 1942 – 1950 | (29th chief justice) 1950 – 11 October 1951 |
| 81 | Alan Rose | Moore | 11 January 1945 – 11 October 1951 (1945-01-11 – 1951-10-11) 6 years, 273 days | (30th chief justice) 11 October 1951 – 1956 |
| 82 | A. R. H. Canakeratne | Moore | 28 March 1945 – | — |
| 83 | M. W. H. de Silva | Moore | | — |
| 84 | Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike II | Moore | 3 September 1946 – | — |
| 85 | C. Nagalingam | Moore | 22 July 1947 – 1958 | — |
| 86 | Ralph Windham | Moore | 23 July 1947 – 1950 | — |
| 87 | Hema Henry Basnayake | Moore | 23 October 1947 – 1 January 1956 (1947-10-23 – 1956-01-01) 8 years, 70 days | (31st chief justice) 1 January 1956 – 3 August 1964 (1956-01-01 – 1964-08-03) 8 years, 215 days |
| 88 | Noel Gratiaen | Moore | 22 March 1948 – 2 May 1956 (1948-03-22 – 1956-05-02) 8 years, 41 days | — |
| 89 | E. H. T. Gunasekera | Moore | 1 March 1949 – 25 January 1962 (1949-03-01 – 1962-01-25) 12 years, 330 days | — |
| 90 | M. F. S. Pulle | Ramsbotham | 28 September 1949 – | — |
| 91 | V. L. St. C. Swan | Ramsbotham | 1 May 1950 – | — |
| 92 | H. A. de Silva | Ramsbotham | 30 November 1950 – | — |
| 93 | N. K. Choksy | Ramsbotham | 1951– | — |
| 94 | Henry Weerasooriya | Ramsbotham | 10 July 1953 – 24 February 1964 (1953-07-10 – 1964-02-24) 10 years, 229 days | — |
| 95 | K. D. de Silva | Ramsbotham | 10 July 1953 – | — |
| 96 | Miliani Sansoni | Ramsbotham | 10 May 1954 – 3 August 1964 (1954-05-10 – 1964-08-03) 10 years, 85 days | (32nd chief justice) 3 August 1964 – 17 November 1966 (1964-08-03 – 1966-11-17) 2 years, 106 days |
| 97 | Hugh Fernando | Goonetilleke | 16 May 1955 – 20 November 1966 (1955-05-16 – 1966-11-20) 11 years, 188 days | (33rd chief justice) 20 November 1966 – 17 November 1973 (1966-11-20 – 1973-11-17) 6 years, 362 days |
| 98 | T. S. Fernando | Goonetilleke | 2 May 1956 – | — |
| 99 | Nadaraja Sinnetamby | Goonetilleke | 3 May 1956 – | — |
| 100 | Lionel de Silva | Goonetilleke | 5 November 1959 – | — |
| 101 | Henry Thambiah | Goonetilleke | 1 December 1961 – 27 May 1968 (1961-12-01 – 1968-05-27) 6 years, 178 days | — |
| 102 | Kingsley Herath | Goonetilleke | 25 January 1962 – | — |
| 103 | A. W. H. Abeyesundere | Gopallawa | 20 April 1962 – 3 May 1968 (1962-04-20 – 1968-05-03) 6 years, 13 days | — |
| 104 | P. Sriskandarajah | Gopallawa | 22 June 1962 – 8 February 1967 (1962-06-22 – 1967-02-08) 4 years, 231 days | — |
| 105 | Gardiye Punchihewage Amaraseela Silva | Gopallawa | 22 June 1962 – 1973 | (34th chief justice) 1973–1974 |
| 106 | Lionel Sirimanne | Gopallawa | | — |
| 107 | V. Manicavasagar | Gopallawa | 17 December 1964 – 14 December 1967 (1964-12-17 – 1967-12-14) 2 years, 362 days | — |
| 108 | Eugene Reginald de Fonseka | Gopallawa | | — |
| 109 | A. C. Alles | Gopallawa | 1964–1974 | — |
| 110 | V. Sivasubramaniam | Gopallawa | 1966–1970 | — |
| 111 | Leonard de Silva | Gopallawa | 16 August 1966 – | — |
| 112 | George Samerawickrame | Gopallawa | 18 November 1966 – 9 April 1981 (1966-11-18 – 1981-04-09) 14 years, 142 days | — |
| 113 | Victor Tennekoon | Gopallawa | 8 February 1967 – 1 July 1970 (1967-02-08 – 1970-07-01) 3 years, 143 days | (35th chief justice) 1 January 1974 – 8 September 1977 (1974-01-01 – 1977-09-08) 3 years, 250 days |
| 114 | Christopher Weeramantry | Gopallawa | 1967 – 30 April 1972 | — |
| 115 | Oswald Leslie De Kretser III | Gopallawa | 1968 – 21 January 1972 | — |
| 116 | Samarapilimudalige Wijayatilake | Gopallawa | 1968 – 16 May 1975 | — |
| 117 | Pandita Gunawadena | Gopallawa | 1968 – 10 February 1971 | — |
| 118 | Vincent Thamotheram | Gopallawa | 23 March 1970 – 1980 | — |
| 119 | Hector Deheragoda | Gopallawa | 22 February 1972 – 27 December 1976 (1972-02-22 – 1976-12-27) 4 years, 309 days | — |
| 120 | Cuda Banda Walgampaya | Gopallawa | 22 February 1972 – 3 January 1976 (1972-02-22 – 1976-01-03) 3 years, 315 days | — |
| 121 | Jaya Pathirana | Gopallawa | 22 February 1972 – 1978 | — |
| 122 | Dharmadasa Wimalaratne | Gopallawa | 10 April 1972 – 15 September 1985 (1972-04-10 – 1985-09-15) 13 years, 158 days | — |
| 123 | Tellipalai Rajaratnam | Gopallawa | 10 April 1972 – 1978 | — |
| 124 | Donald Sirimanne | Gopallawa | 1973 – | — |
| 125 | Cyril Udalagama | Gopallawa | 1 January 1974 – | — |
| 126 | T. A. de S. Wijesundera | Gopallawa | 1 January 1974 – | — |
| 127 | Malcolm Perera | Gopallawa | 1 January 1974 – | — |
| 128 | Izadean Mohamed Ismail | Gopallawa | 1 January 1974 – 18 December 1981 (1974-01-01 – 1981-12-18) 7 years, 351 days | — |
| 129 | Joe Weereratne | Gopallawa | 1 January 1974 – | — |
| 130 | Arulampalam Vythialingam | Gopallawa | 1 January 1974 – | — |
| 131 | Noel Tittawela | Gopallawa | 1 January 1974 – | — |
| 132 | Suppiah Sharvananda | Gopallawa | 1 January 1974 – 29 October 1984 (1974-01-01 – 1984-10-29) 10 years, 302 days | (37th chief justice) 29 October 1984 – 22 February 1988 (1984-10-29 – 1988-02-22) 3 years, 116 days |
| 133 | Somaratne Walpita | Gopallawa | 1 January 1974 – | — |
| 134 | Wilmot Gunasekera | Gopallawa | 2 May 1974 – | — |
| 135 | Barnes Ratwatte II | Gopallawa | 2 December 1974 – 22 November 1983 (1974-12-02 – 1983-11-22) 8 years, 355 days | — |
| 136 | Raja Wanasundera | Gopallawa | 5 June 1975 – | — |
| 137 | Percy Colin-Thomé | Gopallawa | 12 January 1976 – | — |
| 138 | Neville Samarakoon | Jayewardene | — | (36th chief justice) 1977 – 21 October 1984 |
| 139 | Victor Perera | Jayewardene | 24 July 1981 – 18 August 1983 (1981-07-24 – 1983-08-18) 2 years, 25 days | — |
| 140 | J. F. A. Soza | Jayewardene | 26 January 1982 – 3 February 1984 (1982-01-26 – 1984-02-03) 2 years, 8 days | — |
| 141 | Parinda Ranasinghe | Jayewardene | 15 November 1982 – 1988 | (38th chief justice) 1988–1991 |
| 142 | Abdul Cader | Jayewardene | 8 December 1982 – 28 May 1985 (1982-12-08 – 1985-05-28) 2 years, 171 days | — |
| 143 | Heevi Rodrigo | Jayewardene | 8 December 1982 – 4 December 1984 (1982-12-08 – 1984-12-04) 1 year, 362 days | — |
| 144 | E. A. D. Atukorale | Jayewardene | 27 November 1984 – | — |
| 145 | Herbert Thambiah | Jayewardene | 27 November 1984 – 1991 | (39th chief justice) 1991 – 14 October 1991 |
| 146 | Lucian de Alwis | Jayewardene | 27 November 1984 – | — |
| 147 | O. S. M. Seneviratne | Jayewardene | 10 February 1986 – 1989 | — |
| 148 | H. A. G. de Silva | Jayewardene | 10 February 1986 – | — |
| 149 | Mark Fernando | Jayewardene | 4 March 1988 – 2005 | — |
| 150 | K. M. M. B. Kulatunga | Premadasa | 1989– | — |
| 151 | A. R. B. Amerasinghe | Premadasa | | — |
| 152 | A. R. N. Fernando | Premadasa | | — |
| 153 | Ameer Ismail | Premadasa | 1990–1994 | — |
| 154 | Andrew Ranjan Perera | Premadasa | | — |
| 155 | P. Ramanathan | Premadasa | | — |
| 156 | G. P. S. de Silva | Premadasa | — | (40th chief justice) 1991–1999 |
| 157 | Sarath N. Silva | Kumaratunga | 1995 – 16 September 1999 | (41st chief justice) 16 September 1999 – 7 June 2009 (1999-09-16 – 2009-06-07) 9 years, 264 days |
| 158 | Shirani Bandaranayake | Kumaratunga | 30 October 1996 – 18 May 2011 (1996-10-30 – 2011-05-18) 14 years, 200 days | (43rd chief justice) 18 May 2011 – 13 January 2013 (2011-05-18 – 2013-01-13) 1 year, 240 days 28–29 January 2015 (2015-01-28 – 2015-01-29) 1 day |
| 159 | Asoka De Zoysa Gunawardana | Kumaratunga | 1996–1999 | — |

### 21st century

    As of 28 February 2025
List of justices appointed to the Supreme Court: 2000–present :
| No. | Name | Appointed by | Start / end / length of service | Start / end / length of service |
| No. | Name | Appointed by | Puisne Justice | Chief Justice |
| 160 | C. V. Vigneswaran | Kumaratunga | March 2001 – October 2004 | — |
| 161 | Asoka de Silva | Kumaratunga | 1 August 2001 – 8 June 2009 (2001-08-01 – 2009-06-08) 7 years, 311 days | (42nd chief justice) 8 June 2009 – 17 May 2011 (2009-06-08 – 2011-05-17) 1 year, 343 days |
| 162 | Chandra Nihal Jayasinghe | Kumaratunga | 19 February 2003 – 29 February 2008 (2003-02-19 – 2008-02-29) 5 years, 10 days | — |
| 163 | Nimal Dissanayake | Kumaratunga | ? – 23 April 2008 | — |
| 164 | Shiranee Tilakawardane | Kumaratunga | 19 February 2003 – 5 April 2014 (2003-02-19 – 2014-04-05) 11 years, 45 days | — |
| 165 | Nimal Gamini Amaratunga | Kumaratunga | January 2005 – March 2014 | — |
| 166 | Saleem Marsoof | Kumaratunga | February 2005 – 2014 | — |
| 167 | Andrew Somawansa | M. Rajapaksa | 28 May 2006 – October 2008 | — |
| 168 | Jagath Balapatabendi | M. Rajapaksa | | — |
| 169 | K. Sripavan | M. Rajapaksa | 27 March 2008 – 30 January 2015 (2008-03-27 – 2015-01-30) 6 years, 309 days | (44th chief justice) 30 January 2015 – 28 February 2017 (2015-01-30 – 2017-02-28) 2 years, 29 days |
| 170 | P. A. Ratnayake | M. Rajapaksa | 2 May 2008 – 15 February 2013 (2008-05-02 – 2013-02-15) 4 years, 289 days | — |
| 171 | Chandra Ekanayake | M. Rajapaksa | November 2008 – March 2016 | — |
| 172 | S. I. Imam | M. Rajapaksa | 9 January 2009 – 20 February 2020 (2009-01-09 – 2020-02-20) 11 years, 42 days | — |
| 173 | R. K. S. Suresh Chandra | M. Rajapaksa | 17 June 2010 – July 2012 | — |
| 174 | Sathya Hettige | M. Rajapaksa | 10 July 2011 – 18 April 2014 (2011-07-10 – 2014-04-18) 2 years, 282 days | — |
| 175 | Priyasath Dep | M. Rajapaksa | 10 July 2011 – 1 March 2017 (2011-07-10 – 2017-03-01) 5 years, 234 days | (45th chief justice) 1 March 2017 – 12 October 2018 (2017-03-01 – 2018-10-12) 1 year, 225 days |
| 176 | Eva Wanasundera | M. Rajapaksa | 7 July 2012 – 14 December 2018 (2012-07-07 – 2018-12-14) 6 years, 160 days | — |
| — | Mohan Peiris | M. Rajapaksa | — | 15 January 2013 – 28 January 2015 (2013-01-15 – 2015-01-28) 2 years, 13 days |
| 177 | Rohini Marasinghe | M. Rajapaksa | 26 April 2013 – November 2015 | — |
| 178 | Buwaneka Aluwihare | M. Rajapaksa | 4 December 2013 – Januaray 2024 | — |
| 179 | Sisira de Abrew | M. Rajapaksa | 7 May 2014 – 2 June 2021 (2014-05-07 – 2021-06-02) 7 years, 26 days | — |
| 180 | Sarath de Abrew | M. Rajapaksa | 7 May 2014 – January 2016 | — |
| 181 | Priyantha Jayawardena | M. Rajapaksa | 7 May 2014 – February 2024 | — |
| 182 | Upali Abeyratne | M. Rajapaksa | 17 December 2014 – August 2017 | — |
| 183 | Anil Goonaratne | Sirisena | 30 January 2015 – December 2017 | — |
| 184 | K. T. Chitrasiri | Sirisena | 3 December 2015 – February 2018 | — |
| 185 | Nalin Perera | Sirisena | 3 March 2016 – 12 October 2018 (2016-03-03 – 2018-10-12) 2 years, 223 days | (46th chief justice) 12 October 2018 – 29 April 2019 (2018-10-12 – 2019-04-29) 199 days |
| 186 | Prasanna Jayawardena | Sirisena | 16 June 2016 – 24 December 2019 (2016-06-16 – 2019-12-24) 3 years, 191 days | — |
| 187 | Vijith Malalgoda | Sirisena | May 2017 – 19 August 2024 | — |
| 188 | Lalith Dehideniya | Sirisena | 16 January 2018 – 2023 | — |
| 189 | Murdu Fernando | Sirisena | 9 March 2018 – 1 December 2024 (2018-03-09 – 2024-12-01) 6 years, 267 days | (48th chief justice) 2 December 2024 – present (2024-12-02 – present) 100 days |
| 190 | Padman Surasena | Sirisena | 9 January 2019 – present (2019-01-09 – present) 6 years, 62 days | — |
| 191 | S. Thurairaja | Sirisena | 9 January 2019 – present (2019-01-09 – present) 6 years, 62 days | — |
| 192 | Gamini Amarasekera | Sirisena | 9 January 2019 – present (2019-01-09 – present) 6 years, 62 days | — |
| 193 | Jayantha Jayasuriya | Sirisena | — | (47th chief justice) 29 April 2019 – 10 October 2024 (2019-04-29 – 2024-10-10) 5 years, 164 days |
| 194 | Yasantha Kodagoda | G. Rajapaksa | 20 March 2020 – present (2020-03-20 – present) 4 years, 357 days | — |
| 195 | Dilip Nawaz | G. Rajapaksa | 1 December 2020 – present (2020-12-01 – present) 4 years, 101 days | — |
| 196 | Kumudini Wickremasinghe | G. Rajapaksa | 1 December 2020 – present (2020-12-01 – present) 4 years, 101 days | — |
| 197 | Shiran Gooneratne | G. Rajapaksa | 1 December 2020 – present (2020-12-01 – present) 4 years, 101 days | — |
| 198 | Janak de Silva | G. Rajapaksa | 1 December 2020 – present (2020-12-01 – present) 4 years, 101 days | — |
| 199 | Achala Wengappuli | G. Rajapaksa | 1 December 2020 – present (2020-12-01 – present) 4 years, 101 days | — |
| 200 | Mahinda Samayawardhena | G. Rajapaksa | 1 December 2020 – present (2020-12-01 – present) 4 years, 101 days | — |
| 201 | Arjuna Obeyesekere | G. Rajapaksa | 14 June 2021 – present (2021-06-14 – present) 3 years, 271 days | — |
| 202 | Priyantha Fernando | Wickremesinghe | 6 February 2023 – present (2023-02-06 – present) 2 years, 34 days | — |
| 203 | Sobitha Rajakaruna | Dissanayake | 12 January 2025 – present (2025-01-12 – present) 59 days | — |
| 204 | Menaka Wijesundara | Dissanayake | 12 January 2025 – present (2025-01-12 – present) 59 days | — |
| 205 | Sampath B. Abeykoon | Dissanayake | 12 January 2025 – present (2025-01-12 – present) 59 days | — |
| 206 | Sampath Wijeratne | Dissanayake | 12 January 2025 – present (2025-01-12 – present) 59 days | — |