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Colombo HC Lawyers oppose judges’ retirement age extension proposal
The Colombo High Court Lawyers' Association has raised concern over the government's reported proposal to extend the retirement age of
Summary
They cautioned that extending tenure would prejudice the Judicial Service by freezing vacancies and denying promotions to officers who have long aspired to elevation. Rejecting claims of necessity, the lawyers insisted that Sri Lanka has no shortage of qualified judicial officers.
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People
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake3
Organisations
- Supreme Court of Sri Lanka4
- Court of Appeal4
- Bar Association of Sri Lanka3
- Appeal Court2
- Government2
- BASL2
- Judges of the Court of Appeal
- Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Places
- Executive
- Sri Lanka
Keywords
- retirement4
- age4
- extend3
- lawyers2
- move2
- extension
- interfere
- opposing
- proposal
- reported
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