President to Meet BASL Tomorrow over Proposal to Increase Judges’ Retirement Age
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President to meet BASL tomorrow over proposal to increase judges’ retirement age
BASL release details of meeting with President
A delegation of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara and the President’s Legal Adviser J.M. Wijebandara to discuss the proposed constitutional amendment to extend the retirement age of judges. According to the BASL, the delegation explained its opposition to the proposed amendment, citing concerns over the independence of the judiciary and arguing that the measure s…
Legal experts including the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, Attorney-at-Law Rajeev Amarasuriya, have requested the President to take a decision after holding extensive discussions with experts regarding the proposed constitutional amendment to extend the retirement age of judges in the judiciary, including the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Speaking to the media after a discussion with the President at the Presidential Sec…
ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 22 වැනි සංශෝධනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමයෙන් දැඩි විරෝධයක්
ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 22 වැනි සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත සම්බන්ධයෙන් මතුව ඇති බරපතළ තත්ත්වය පිළිබඳව ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමය (BASL) විසින් විශේෂ නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් සිය කනස්සල්ල පළ කර තිබේ. අධිකරණ පද්ධතියේ කාර්යක්ෂමතාව වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම සහ නඩු විභාග කඩිනම් කිරීම අරමුණු කරගනිමින් මෙම සංශෝධනය ගෙන එන බව රජය පැවසූවත්, විනිසුරුවරුන්ගේ විශ්රාම වයස දීර්ඝ කිරීම සහ එම […]
*BASL Management Committee meets with President regarding proposal to extend retirement age of judges
BASL strongly opposes 22nd Amendment, says referendum required
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has strongly opposed the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, warning that it threatens judicial independence and can only be enacted with public approval at a referendum. In a statement dated August 12, 2026, the BASL raised serious concerns over the Bill, which was published in the Gazette by the Government on August 7. The main purpose of the proposed amendment is to extend the retirement ages o…
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