Appointed by William Gopallawa Preceded by Hema Henry Basnayake | Name Miliani Sansoni | |
Succeeded by Hugh Norman Gregory Fernando | ||
Alma mater Royal College, Colombo | ||
Deshamanya Miliani Claude Sansoni was a Sri Lankan judge, who served as the 32nd Chief Justice of Ceylon. He chaired the Sansoni Commission that investigated the riots of 1977. He was appointed in 1964 succeeding Hema Henry Basnayake and was Chief Justice until 1966. He was succeeded by Hugh Norman Gregory Fernando.
He was conferred the national honour of the title of Deshamanya in the first ever Independence Day National Honours list in 1986.
Sansoni was educated at Royal College Colombo, where he was the editor of the Royal College Magazine
References
Miliani Sansoni Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA