Loku Banda Thennehene Premaratne, QC ( known as L.B.T.Premaratne ) was the 25th Solicitor General of Ceylon[1] and acting Attorney General of Ceylon.[2][3] He was appointed on 1968, succeeding Walter Jayawardena, and held the office until 1970. He was succeeded by Hector Deheragoda.[4]
Biography
Premaratne was born in Katugastota, Kandy, as the eldest son in a family of seven boys all of whom were very good scholars and equally good sportsmen.[5] He was educated at Ananda College where he played cricket[6] as a fast bowler.[7]
Premaratne was a prosecutor in the landmark case of the Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "Permanent Holders of the Office of Solicitor General".
- ↑ "He stood tall as a man as well as a legal luminary".
- ↑ "APPOINTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL".
- ↑ "History". Attorney General's Department. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ↑ "Antonian Premaratne was Schoolboy Cricketer 1956".
- ↑ "A Brief Resume of the Ananda-Nalanda Cricket Matches 1924 to 1949".
- ↑ "Battle of the Maroons The Greatest Cricketing Encounter Ananda vs Nalanda".
- ↑ "DEATH PENALTY RE-INTRODUCED".
- ↑ "The incident that rocked Ceylon 55 Years Ago The Assassination of Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike".