Parinda Ranasinghe

This article is about the Sri Lankan judge and Chief Justice. For the Sri Lankan lawyer and Attorney General, see Parinda Ranasinghe Jr.

K. A. Parinda Ranasinghe was a Sri Lankan, judge, who was the 38th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon. He is also the President of the Asia Crime Prevention Foundation.^[1]

Parinda Ranasinghe
38th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
In office 1988–1991
Appointed by	J. R. Jayewardene
Preceded by	Suppiah Sharvananda
Succeeded by	Herbert Thambiah
Personal details
Alma mater	Colombo Law College

Educated at Royal College Colombo, Ranasinghe went on to study law at the Colombo Law College passing out as a lawyer. Thereafter he joined the judicial service. He was succeeded by Herbert Thambiah.^[2]