Sathya Hettige Explained

Sathya Hettige
Honorific-Suffix:	PC
Office:	Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Term Start:	10 July 2011
Term End:	18 April 2014
Alma Mater:	University of Colombo

Sathya Hettige PC is a Sri Lankan judge and lawyer. He is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and is also a non-resident justice of appeal of the Supreme Court of Fiji.^[1] Prior to his appointment as Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka he was serving as president of Court of appeal.^[2]

Hettige secured his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Colombo. He qualified as an attorney-at-law in 1976 joining the Attorney General's department in 1978. Hettige served as principal law officer in the director of Public Prosecutions, Fiji Islands and was enrolled as a barrister and solicitor in the Supreme Court of Fiji on 19 March 1993.^[3]

He is related to the Rajapaksa family.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Justices of Appeal of the Supreme Court. Judiciary Fiji. 16 November 2013.
2. Web site: Sri Lanka named two new Supreme Court judges. Asian Tribune. 16 November 2013.
3. Web site: Malalasekera. Sarath. Judge's role pivotal in administering justice. Dailynews.lk. 16 November 2013.
4. Web site: Crisis in filling vacancies in the Supreme Court!. 8 August 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140811005934/http://lankanewsweb.net/exclusive/7354-crisis-in-filling-vacancies-in-the-supreme-court. 11 August 2014.