News Centre - Milinda in the News

Justice and Law Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda has appointed several committees to consider and recommend reforms to existing laws in the areas of Juvenile Justice, Arbitration, Legal Aid, Family Law, Legal Education, Thesawalamai and Prisons, which are regarded as inadequate to meet with current realities.

The policy of the Government is to ensure a unified and inclusive approach to develop and maintain law and order in Sri Lanka after the eradication of terrorism and Justice and Law Reforms Minister is accordingly committed to empower the rules and regulations for the benefits to the communities, a media communique issued by the Justice and Law Reforms Ministry said.

The Heads of the committees are as follows:

Legal Aid Commission Chairman S.S.Wijeratne, Chairman of the Committee to consider reforms in the area of legal aid, Prof. Savitri Gunasekera, Chairperson of the Committee to consider reforms in the area of Family Law, Supreme Court Judge Shirani Bandaranayake, Chairperson of the Committee to consider reforms in the area of Legal Education, Saleem Marsoof P.C., Chairman of the Committee to consider reforms to the Arbitration Laws, Supreme Court Judge K. Sripavan, Chairman of the Committee to review the Thesawalamai Law, Chairman of the Committee to consider Prison Reforms and Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Hector Yapa and Chairperson of the Committee to consider reforms in the area of Juvenile Justice Laws Justice Shiranee Thilakawardena.