Jaffna Bar Association raises concerns over transfer of High Court Judge
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The decision of the Judicial Service Commission to transfer Jaffna High Court Judge A. G. Alexraja to the Badulla Civil Appeal High Court with immediate effect, less than a month after he assumed office, has sparked a major controversy.
Transfer of High Court Judge A.G. Alexraja:The Jaffna Bar Association Write to AKD In Protest • Sri Lanka Brief
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — The letter ran to a few hundred words, but its message to the President of Sri Lanka was unambiguous: lawyers in Jaffna, the country’s Tamil heartland, believed that the executive branch had reached into the judiciary and moved a judge who had displeased it. That document — an appeal from the Jaffna Bar Association to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake over the abrupt transfer of High Court Judge A.G. Alexraja — was precisely…
The Jaffna Bar Association expresses its deep concern and surprise over the decision to transfer Hon. A.G. Alexraja, Judge of the Jaffna High Court, to the Badulla Civil Appeal High Court with immediate effect. This was disclosed in an official letter addressed to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake by the Association on May 30, 2026. In the letter, the Jaffna Bar Association points out that Mr. Alexraja will be appointed as a High Court Judge on…
Jaffna Bar Association raises concerns over transfer of High Court Judge
The Jaffna Bar Association has raised serious concerns over the sudden transfer of High Court Judge of Jaffna, A.G. Alexraja, to the Civil Appellate High Court of Badulla. In a letter addressed to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the Association said the move, coming just a month after Judge Alexraja’s appointment on April 22, has sparked speculation of external influence. The transfer is scheduled to take effect on May 31. The Association no…
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