{
  "id": 136867,
  "title": "Cabinet approval to the amendment of the Constitution and the Judicature Act",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/cabinet-approval-to-the-amendment-of-the-constitution-and-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-04T12:52:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/cabinet-approval-to-the-amendment-of-the-constitution-and-the-judicature-act/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the drafting of bills for amending the Constitution and the Judicature Act, with the aim of strengthening the judiciary's sovereignty and expediting the resolution of cases that have been pending in the system. The Attorney General has given his consent to the twenty-second Constitution reforms draft bill and the Judicature (Amendment) Act draft bill prepared by the Legal Draftsman. The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to the resolution submitted by the Minister of Justice and National Integration, which includes publishing the amended draft bills in the government gazette notification and submitting them to Parliament for approval.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}