The cabinet approved the proposal on Monday, government spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa said, under which the mandatory retirement age of Supreme Court judges would rise by two years to 67, that of Court of Appeal judges from 63 to 65, and lower court judges would receive a two-year extension. The amendment requires a two-thirds majority in parliament, which the governing National People's Power commands, and the process could take around two months. 'Unethical'The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has rejected the proposal outright. A former president of the bar association, Saliya Peiris, warned that the move would backfire on a government that came to power pledging to end corruption and restore the rule of law. The Jaffna bar's warningThe Bar Association of Jaffna has also urged the president to reconsider.