List of Cingalese Privy Council cases

List of Cingalese Privy Council cases

This is a list of criminal, civil, and constitutional cases that were appealed from the courts of Ceylon to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Colony of Ceylon (1796-1948)

Ceylon became a British colony in 1796. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was established by an act of the British Parliament in 1833. Its jurisdiction was extended to Ceylon by implication.

Dominion of Ceylon (1948-72)

Ceylon became a fully independent Dominion within the British Commonwealth on 4 February 1948 (now the Commonwealth of Nations). Appeals to the Privy Council continued until the right of appeal was abolished in late 1971.


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