Feb 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka judiciary will have 14 new High Courts soon to hear the civil appeals which have been piling up in Sri Lankan courts for decades.

Three of these courts are to be opened in Colombo, Gampaha and Kurunegala within the next couple of weeks. The new High Court in Kandy has already been opened.

Judiciary sources said that over 14,600 civil appeals had piled up now and they may take eight years to hear them.