Mohan Peiris

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on today appointed a Tamil judge as the country's chief justice, the first member of the minority community to hold the post in more than two decades.

Sri Lanka on Sunday accused a London-based group of lawyers of undermining Colombo's sovereignty and said a four-member team probing judicial independence was barred from entering the island.

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on today appointed a Tamil judge as the country's chief justice, the first member of the minority community to hold the post in more than two decades.

Sri Lanka on Sunday accused a London-based group of lawyers of undermining Colombo's sovereignty and said a four-member team probing judicial independence was barred from entering the island.