nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3e3bd1732be4f5bc DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250124s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3e3bd1732be4f5bc doi eng 342 23 Dias, Sanjit Author aut Sri Lanka’s Constitutional Council Comes Into Its Own - The Supreme Court Vindicates the Council’s Role in Vetting Appointments to High Judicial Office Dias, Sanjit Verfassungsblog 2025-01-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 2024 was full of landmark decisions, and the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ended the year with another one for the history books. In Pathirathne v Abeywardena and others, the court dealt with the controversial issue of the constitutional council’s refusal to approve the president’s nomination of a judge to the Supreme Court. This was the first case seeking review of a decision of the constitutional council. I argue that the decision is significant because the court affirms the council’s role in securing judicial independence, overrules (by implication) previous remarks on the council’s purpose, and strengthens the culture of inter-branch accountability. CC BY-SA 4.0 election of judges Fourth Branch Guarantor Institutions Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/sri-lankas-constitutional-council-comes-into-its-own/ raw object