Supreme Court Order ‘One Rank One Pension’ Principle for all retired HC judges. Bharat News
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Monday that the principle of a rank One Pension (OROP) will apply to all retired High Court judges, even if they were admitted – whether from the district Judgment Or among the advocates.A bench led by Chief Justice Bra Gavai of India said that all Retired judge A minimum pension of Rs 13.65 lakh per year should be obtained. The bench also included Justice AG Masih and K Vinod Chandran.The apex court said, “We believe that any discrimination between judges for terminal benefits after retirement will be a violation of Article 14. Thus, we catch all the judges of the High Court, even though despite their date of appointment, we will be entitled to full pension. The court said that giving less pension to judges who came for discrimination from the District Judiciary. It states whether a judge was under the old pension scheme or the new pension scheme is not relevant to fix pension benefits.On the issue of refusing the provident fund (PF) retired judges, SC said, “The Sangh will follow the principle of a rank of pension for all judges, even though their HCS.”The court also ruled on the issue of pension when he dies while serving a judge. The CJI said, “The Sangh will be gratuity for all family members of the HC Judge who dies in harness; the Union will pay a pension to the widow of the Judge who dies in Harness.”Supreme Court bench released a set of instructions to the central government Pension entitlements Retired High Court judges:
- A retired Chief Justice of a High Court should be paid a full annual pension of Rs 15 lakh.
- All other retired High Court judges, including additional judges, will receive Rs 13.50 lakh annually as full pension.
- The Center should apply a rank of pension principle for all retired High Court judges, whether they enter the judiciary through district courts or
legal profession And no matter how long they serve in any role. - The districts retired from the judiciary and later served in a High Court should receive full pension, even though there was a difference between their two appointments.
- If such judges join the district judiciary after the new pension scheme is implemented, then they should also be given full pension. In such cases, state governments should return the entire amount contributed under NP.
- The Center should also provide family pension to the widow or legal heirs of the High Court judge, who still died in the office, whether the judges were permanently or in additional capacity.
