Sri Lanka, Aug. 3 -- The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has formally requested a meeting with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to discuss the Government's proposed constitutional amendment seeking to increase the retirement age of judges.

The BASl has urged the President that no further steps be taken on the proposal until it has had an opportunity to present its views.

In a letter addressed to the President, the BASL said constitutional amendments affecting the Superior Judiciary should never be introduced in an ad hoc manner or in response to temporary circumstances. It stressed that reforms of such constitutional significance should only be undertaken where there is a clearly demonstrable institutional necessity, transparent p...