It was a long journey for Romesh de Silva PC Source : dailymirror.lk Attached here is the induction speech that was made by Prof. N Sampath Punchihewa, the Dean Faculty of Law University of Colombo, yesterday at the induction ceremony held at BMICH.  Mr. Romesh de Silva PC who has completed 50 years at Bar and has done a yeoman service to the Legal field and the Development of Law has been awarded an honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Laws) by the University of Colombo. Chancellor, It is with the greatest pleasure that I present to you for the Conferment of the degree of Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, Mr. Joseph Romesh de Silva, the youngest president’s Counsel ever to have been appointed in Sri Lanka and indisputably, a doyen among professionals in our country. Having taken his oaths as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of the Republic on the 16th ...

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