Nalin Perera (judge)

[1] In 2001 he was appointed a High Court Judge and served in Ratnapura, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya.

While High Court Judge of Ratnapura, he presided over the trial of the murder of Padmasiri Thrimavitharana.

[1] In 2011, he was appointed a Justice of the Court of Appeal by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Jeyaraj Fernandopulle served until 2016.

Following the approval of the Constitutional Council, he took oaths as the 46th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka on 12 October.

Perera's successor, Attorney General Jayantha Jayasuriya was approved by the Constitutional Council on the 26 April.