(See sections 14 and 15)
PENSIONS OF JUDGES
PART I
1
[1. The provisions of this Part apply to a Judge who has not held any other pensionable post under
the Union or a State or a Judge who having held any other pensionable post under the Union or a State
has elected to receive the pension payable under this Part.]
2
[2. Subject to the other provisions of this Part, the pension payable to a Judge to whom this Part
applies 3*** for pension shall be,—
(a) for service as Chief Justice in any High Court, 4
[
5
[Rs. 1,21,575]] per annum for each
completed year of service;
(b) for service as any other Judge in any High Court, 6
[
7
[Rs. 96,524] ] per annum for each
completed year of service:
Provided that the pension under this paragraph shall in no case exceed 8
[ 9
[Rs. 15,00,000] ] per annum
annum in the case of a Chief Justice and 10[ 11[Rs. 13,50,000] ] per annum in the case of any other Judge].
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13[6. A Judge who has rendered service for pension both as Chief Justice and other Judge in any High
Court may claim that any period of service of less than a completed year rendered by him as Chief
Justice, or any portion of any such period, shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph 2 as service
rendered by him as other Judge].
7. For the purposes of this Part, service as an acting Chief Justice of a High Court or as an ad hoc
Judge of the Supreme Court, shall be treated as though it were service rendered as Chief Justice of a High
Court.
PART III
1. The provisions of this Part apply to a Judge who has held any 2
[pensionable post] under the Union
or a State (but is not a member of the Indian Civil Service) and who has not elected to receive the pension
payable under Part I.
2. The pension payable to such a Judge shall be—
(a) the pension to which he is entitled under the ordinary rules of his service if he had not been
appointed a Judge, his service as a Judge being treated as service therein for the purpose of a
calculating that pension; and
(b) a special additional pension of 3
[ 4
[Rs. 45,016] ] per annum in respect of each completed year
of service for pension, 5***
6
[Provided that the pension under clause (a) and the additional pension under clause (b) together shall
shall in no case exceed 7
[ 8
[Rs. 15,00,000] ] per annum in the case of a Chief Justice and 7
[ 9
[Rs.
13,50,000] ] per annum in the case of any other Judge.]
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