Sri Lanka, July 14 -- With pressure mounting on the Government from the country's legal fraternity over the move for retirement age extension for Superior Court judges, the Judicial Service Association of Sri Lanka (JSASL), the sole organisation representing all District Court Judges and Magistrates in the country, has informed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake that it had unanimously passed a resolution opposing such extension for any judge.

Earlier, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), the apex professional body representing over 26,000 attorneys-at-law, over registered protest over the proposed constitutional amendment to increase the retirement age of Superior Court judges.

The JSASL informed the President in writing that a Sp...