"How Will Retired District Judges Survive": Supreme Court On Pension
NDTV
"Retired district judges are getting pension of Rs 19,000-20,000. After long service, how will they survive?" questioned Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, while hearing a petition from the All-India judges Association.
The pension amount of retired district judges has raised concern of the Supreme Court, which asked Attorney General R Venkataramani help bring about an "equitable solution". Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud also pointed out that some High Court judges have approached the Supreme Court over non-payment of salaries as they were not allotted new GPF accounts after their promotion from the district judiciary.
"Retired district judges are getting pension of Rs 19,000-20,000. After long service, how will they survive?" questioned the Chief Justice of India, while hearing a petition from the All-India judges Association.
"This is the kind of office where you become completely incompetent. You can't jump into practice suddenly and go to the in the High Court at the age of 61-62 years,' he added.
