Arjuna Obeyesekere is a Sri Lankan lawyer serving since 14 June 2021 as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He was appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Early life Obeyesekere is an alumnus of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia and S. Thomas' Preparatory School. He graduated from Sri Lanka Law College and the University of Cambridge, where he obtained a Master's degree in law (LL.M) specialising in Commercial Law.
Career Obeyesekere was appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka on 23 April 2018 by President Maithripala Sirisena. He was later appointed President of the Court of Appeal on 1 December 2020 by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Before his judicial appointment, he was a Deputy Solicitor General with the Attorney General's Department.
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