Magistrate's Courts Kegalle - Sri Lanka Judiciary

History of Kegalle Magistrate's Court

During the British colonial period, a Police Magistrate's Court functioned in Kegalle to hear criminal and minor judicial matters within the area. Court records show that the Kegalle Police Magistrate's Court was operating at least by the 1920s.
Under the Judicature Act No. 2 of 1978, Police Magistrate's Courts were reorganized as Magistrate's Courts, and the present Magistrate's Court system was formally established for each judicial division in Sri Lanka.
The court has been hearing significant civil and criminal applications for many decades, as reflected in numerous reported judgments from the 1980s, 1990s, and earlier.