CC calls for information on judges from CJ

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana in a letter addressed to Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya PC had asked for details on the performance of judges attached to senior courts. The Speaker in his capacity as the Chairman of the Constitutional Council (CC) in his letter to the Chief Justice has told him that such details are necessary for the CC when approving the appointment of Supreme Court judges, President and Judges of the Appeal Court whenever they are nominated to the respective posts.