JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION SUSPENDS MORATUWA DISTRICT JUDGE
Posted on August 2nd, 2025
Courtesy Hiru News
The Judicial Service Commission has suspended Thilina Gamage, who served as the District Judge and Magistrate of Moratuwa.
The suspension is due to an ongoing investigation by the commission into charges of misconduct against him.
The Magistrate was officially informed of the suspension in writing yesterday (1) and has been given 21 days to respond.
The investigation is related to Gamage’s alleged involvement in elephant trafficking.
The Judicial Service Commission filed a charge sheet against him last June.
This is not the first time Thilina Gamage has been suspended.
In 2015, the Attorney General filed a case against him on 25 counts under the Public Property Act.
He was accused of illegally possessing an elephant calf named “Sakura” using a forged permit.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) launched an investigation into the matter, and the elephant calf was handed back to the Department of Wildlife in May of 2015.
The Judicial Service Commission suspended Thilina Gamage, who was then an Additional Magistrate in Colombo, in May 2016.
However, on December 16, 2021, the Colombo High Court acquitted him of the charges after the Attorney General’s Department failed to present sufficient evidence.