We note with grave concern that the Sri Lankan Parliament has decided to remove the Chief Justice of the country through a Parliamentary Select Committee, in contravention of a Constitutional determination by the Sri Lankan Supreme Court. The Court had determined that such a decision could only have been constitutionally taken through an Act of Parliament and not through a Standing order. This drastic move by the legislature began after the Supreme Court found a controversial Bill tabled in the Parliament unconstitutional. The Bill sought to grant disproportionate powers to the Minister of Economic Development. The impeachment moves were condemned internationally and domestically by civil society groups, intergovernmental institutions, and the legal fraternity.