Sri Lanka, Oct. 7 -- The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has decided to pay only partial salaries to judges currently under suspension and to withhold several allowances that they would normally be entitled to.

According to reports, a circular related to the decision has been issued by Prasanna Alwis, the Secretary of the Judicial Service Commission, to all High Court Judges.

The JSC had recently taken steps to suspend several judges who are facing various allegations. Following this, the Commission decided that those judges would only be entitled to reduced salaries during their period of suspension.

The matter of which allowances are to be paid along with the partial salaries was discussed during a meeting of the Audit and Manageme...