<p>Sri Lanka's ruling coalition is all set to impeach the country's first woman Chief Justice on the charges of "improper conduct" after weeks of a simmering spat between the executive and the judiciary, a media report said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A motion to remove Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake from the post will be handed over to the parliamentary speaker tomorrow, the Sinhala language daily 'Lankadeepa' said today.<br /><br />The government parliamentary group had endorsed the move at a meeting of the ruling coalition leaders, it said.<br /><br />The speaker will be informed on the motion under section 107 of the constitution with one third of parliament's 225 members or 75 MPs putting their signatures on the motion.<br /><br />The paper said the motion is to be moved on the basis of "chief justice's improper conduct" and had been signed already by 117 members of the government.<br /><br />The move follows weeks of a simmering spat between the executive and the judiciary, it said.<br /><br />The government was irked by a ruling on a major financial bill in which the Supreme Court held that the bill must be referred to provincial councils for approval before being submitted in national parliament.<br /><br />In mid-September the Judicial Service Commission issued a public statement claiming interference in the judiciary by the executive.<br /><br />Early this month the secretary to the commission, judge Manjula Thilakaratne, was assaulted by an unknown group which the opposition blamed on the government.<br /><br />Last week, Bandaranayake's husband Pradeep Kariyawasam was indicted by the anti-graft commission for his role as Chairman of the state savings bank over a dubious share deal.<br /><br />Bandaranayake who was appointed last year became the first woman to head the highest court. She was also the first woman judge in the Supreme Court.</p>
<p>Sri Lanka's ruling coalition is all set to impeach the country's first woman Chief Justice on the charges of "improper conduct" after weeks of a simmering spat between the executive and the judiciary, a media report said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A motion to remove Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake from the post will be handed over to the parliamentary speaker tomorrow, the Sinhala language daily 'Lankadeepa' said today.<br /><br />The government parliamentary group had endorsed the move at a meeting of the ruling coalition leaders, it said.<br /><br />The speaker will be informed on the motion under section 107 of the constitution with one third of parliament's 225 members or 75 MPs putting their signatures on the motion.<br /><br />The paper said the motion is to be moved on the basis of "chief justice's improper conduct" and had been signed already by 117 members of the government.<br /><br />The move follows weeks of a simmering spat between the executive and the judiciary, it said.<br /><br />The government was irked by a ruling on a major financial bill in which the Supreme Court held that the bill must be referred to provincial councils for approval before being submitted in national parliament.<br /><br />In mid-September the Judicial Service Commission issued a public statement claiming interference in the judiciary by the executive.<br /><br />Early this month the secretary to the commission, judge Manjula Thilakaratne, was assaulted by an unknown group which the opposition blamed on the government.<br /><br />Last week, Bandaranayake's husband Pradeep Kariyawasam was indicted by the anti-graft commission for his role as Chairman of the state savings bank over a dubious share deal.<br /><br />Bandaranayake who was appointed last year became the first woman to head the highest court. She was also the first woman judge in the Supreme Court.</p>