The Judicial Service Association expresses its opposition to the current government’s move to extend the retirement age of Supreme Court judges. At a special general meeting held at the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court premises yesterday (11), judges who attended the meeting expressed their opposition by casting their votes against the government’s proposal. 65 judges participated in the meeting, and all of them voted against the government’s proposal.
However, commentators say that there are serious constitutional and administrative problems behind the convening of this special general meeting of the Judicial Service Association, which represents over 250 members.
The Executive Council had approved only 40 members when convening this meeting, and there was a shortage of about 40 more members to legally convene the meeting. Due to this, its Chairman, Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena, had raised a strong argument that this general meeting could not be convened.
However, despite this problem, this special general meeting was held at the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court premises under the chairmanship of the Assistant Secretary of the Judicial Service Association.
Meanwhile, Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena, who served as the Chairman of the Judicial Service Association (JSA), has resigned from that position with immediate effect.