189 Chief Justice international suffered bodies condemnation including the USA, from UK and Commonwealth, among many others that they refused to recognize the Justice. Since legal the standing of constitution the of Sri new Chief Lanka was enacted in 1978, there has not been much safeguard for Judges against pressure from the Executive and Legislature. Their Security of tenure turned volatile by the lack of transparent and accountable procedures for the appointment, transfer, discipline and removal of Judges of higher judiciary. The Eighteenth Amendment of the constitution was enacted in September 2010 in Sri Lanka. The new amendment gave the President Mahinda Rajapaksa power to appoint the most important officials of Sri Lanka, members of various tribunals including Judges of the Supreme Court as well as the Court of Appeal and Judicial Service Commission. The removal of Chief Justice Bandaranayake was not merely a political act; it also grievously tarnished the confidence of the public in Sri Lanka that had already rendered fragile

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