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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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