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Judges Judging Their Own Tenure: The Constitutional Questions Raised by 22A

By Professor G. L. Peiris D. Phil. (Oxford), Ph. D. (Sri Lanka); Former Minister of Justice, Constitutional Affairs and National Integration; Quondam Visiting Fellow of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London; Former Vice-Chancellor and Emeritus Professor of Law of the University of Colombo. There is widespread interest in the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka in this country as well as abroad. This is especially so after the widely disseminated comments by Ms Margaret S

Guest Column OP-ED

Professor G. L. Peiris

Oct 3, 2026 — 10 min read

SPECTRE OF THE "DEEP STATE": PLANNED CAPTURE OF THE JUDICIARY BY THE EXECUTIVE

By: Professor G. L. Peiris D. Phil. (Oxford), Ph. D. (Sri Lanka); Former Minister of Justice, Constitutional Affairs and National Integration; Quondam Visiting Fellow of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London; Former Vice-Chancellor and Emeritus Professor of Law of the University of Colombo. The government, it would seem, plans to amend Article 107(5) of the Constitution to extend the age of retirement of judges of the Supreme Court from 65 to 67 years, and judges of the Court of App

Guest Column July 2026

Professor G. L. Peiris

Jul 13, 2026 — 7 min read

Judges’ Retirement Age: A New Proposal and Its Implications

By: Professor G. L. Peiris I. The Constitutional Context Independence of the judiciary is, without question, an essential element of a functioning democracy. In recognition of this, ample provision is made in the highest law of our country, the Constitution, to engender an environment in which the courts are able to fulfil their public responsibility with total acceptance. As part of this protective apparatus, judges of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal are assured of security of t

April 2026 Guest Column

Professor G. L. Peiris

Apr 6, 2026 — 5 min read