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Territorial Jurisdiction of High Courts, District Courts and

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Location of Courts

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*Column I*	*Column II*	*Column III*
Judicial Zone/ Name of High Court/ PHC	Judicial District/ Name of District Court	Judicial Division/ Name of Magistrate’s Court
Colombo/ High Court of the Western Province sitting in Colombo	Colombo	Colombo
	Mount Lavinia	Mount Lavinia Gangodawila
	Moratuwa	Moratuwa
		Kaduwela
Kalutara/ High Court of the Western Province sitting in Kalutara	Kalutara	Kalutara
	Matugama	Matugama
Panadura/ High Court of the Western Province sitting in Panadura	Panadura	Panadura
	Horana	Horana
Galle/ High Court of the Southern Province sitting in Galle	Galle	Galle Baddegama
Balapitiya/ High Court of the Southern Province sitting in Balapitiya	Balapitiya	Balapitiya Elpitiya
Matara/ High Court of the Southern Province sitting in Matara	Matara	Matara Morawaka
	Tangalle	Tangalle
	Tissamaharamaya	Tissamaharamaya
Hambantota/ High Court of the Southern Province sitting in Hambantota	Hambantota	Hambantota
	Walasmulla	Walasmulla
Batticaloa/ High Court of the Eastern Province sitting in Batticaloa	Batticaloa	Batticaloa
	Kalmunai	Kalmunai
	Akkraipattu	Akkraipattu
Amparai/ High Court of the Eastern Province sitting in Amparai	Amparai	Amparai
	Trincomalee	Trincomalee Mutur
Jaffna/ High Court of the Northern Province sitting in Jaffna	Jaffna	Jaffna
	Kayts	Kayts
	Point Pedro	Point Pedro
	Chavakachcheri	Chavakachcheri Killinochchi
	Mallakam	Mallakam
Chilaw/ High Court of the North Western Province sitting in Chilaw	Chilaw	Chilaw
	Marawila	Marawila
	Puttalam	Puttalam
Negombo/ High Court of the Western Province sitting in Negombo	Negombo	Negombo Minuwangoda Wattala
Gampaha/ High Court of the Western Province sitting in Gampaha	Gampaha	Gampaha
	Attanagalla	Attanagalla
	Pugoda	Pugoda
Kegalle/ High Court of the Sabaragamuwa Province sitting in Kegalle	Kegalle	Kegalle Mawanella
	Warakapola	Warakapola
Kurunegala/ High Court of the North Western Province sitting in Kurunegala	Kurunegala	Kurunegala Wariyapola
	Kuliyapitiya	Kuliyapitiya
	Maho	Maho
Kandy/ High Court of the Central Province sitting in Kandy	Kandy	Kandy Teldeniya
	Gampola	Gampola Nawalapitiya
	Hatton	Hatton
	Matale	Matale Dambulla
Avissawella/ High Court of the Western Province sitting in Avissawella	Avissawella	Avissawella Ruwanwella
	Homagama	Homagama Kesbewa
Ratnapura/ High Court of the Sabaragamuwa Province sitting in Ratnapura	Ratnapura	Ratnapura Balangoda
	Embilipitiya	Embilipitiya
Badulla/ High Court of the Uva Province sitting in Badulla	Badulla	Badulla
	Bandarawela	Bandarawela
	Welimada	Welimada
	Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya
	Moneragala	Moneragala
Anuradhapura/ High Court of the North Central Province sitting in Anuradhapura	Anuradhapura	Anuradhapura Kebithigollawa Kekirawa Thambuththegama
	Polonnaruwa	Polonnaruwa
Vauniya/ High Court of the Northern Province sitting in Vauniya	Vauniya	Vauniya
	Mannar	Mannar
	Mullativu	Mullativu

For the territorial jurisdiction of Magistrate’s Courts, click on the name of the Magistrate’s Court (Column III).

The territorial jurisdiction of District Courts (Column II) comprises the several judicial divisions (Column III) adjacent to the name of the District Court.

The territorial jurisdiction of High Courts (Column I) comprises the several judicial districts (in Column II) adjacent to the name of the High Court.

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