Divisions of the Court

Allocation of subject areas and jurisdictions across the High Court divisions.

Court Jurisdictions & Locations

Below is the distribution of case types, along with the physical locations and contact extensions for each court room within the High Courts.

Galle

  • Child abuse (CH)
  • Rape (RP)
  • Murder cases (MU)
  • Rape and other sexual crimes (SA)
  • Documentary cases (DO)
  • Bodily harm other than murder (BH)
  • Other offences under the Penal Code (OT)
  • Poisonous opiates and dangerous drugs (DD)
  • Bribery (BR)
  • Money laundering (ML)
  • Various (MS)
  • Explosives (EX)
  • Weapons of oppression (OW)
  • Debt recovery (DR)
  • Firearms (FA)
  • Computer crime (CC)
  • ICCPR Act (IC)
  • Public Property Act (PP)
  • Other (OT)
  • Proceeds of Crime Act (PR)
  • Prevention of Terrorism Act (PT)
  • Bail applications (BA)
  • Magistrate's Court Appeals (MA)
  • Labour Tribunal Appeals (LT)
  • Revision applications (RA)
  • Writ applications (WA)
  • Agricultural Service Appeals (AA)
  • Worker’s Compensation Appeals (WC)