Thusew Samuel Fernando, CBE, QC (born 5 August 1906) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and judge.
Fernando was educated at the Royal College, Colombo and at the University of London where he gained an LL.B.
He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1953 and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1955 New Year Honours.
[1] Stepping down was Solicitor General in 1956, he was made a judge Supreme Court of Ceylon.
During his tenure he was appointed to the first Trial at Bar following the 1962 coup d'état attempt, he delivered the decision said that in the court’s view the nomination of judges was essentially a judicial function and nowhere in the constitution was that power handed over to a body outside the judicature as bench was nominated by the Minister of Justice.