In the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1958(41 of 1958) (hereinafter referred to as the Supreme Court Judges Act), in section 12 A,--
(a) in sub-section (1), for the words "thirty-three thousand rupees per mensem", the words "one lakh rupees per mensem" shall be substituted;
(b) in sub-section (2), for the words "thirty thousand rupees per mensem", the words "ninety thousand rupees per mensem" shall be substituted.
Section 9 - Amendment of section 16A
In section 16A of the Supreme Court Judges Act, in sub-section (1),--
(i) in clause (a), the words "plus fifty per cent, of his dearness pay" and "plus thirty per cent, of his dearness pay" shall be omitted;
(ii) in clause (b), the words "plus thirty per cent, of his dearness pay" shall be omitted.
Section 10 - Insertion of new section 16B
After section 16 A of the Supreme Court Judges Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--
" 16B. Every retired Judge or after his death, the family, as the case may be, shall be entitled to an additional quantum of pension or family pension in accordance with the following scale:--
Age of Pensioner or family Pensioner | Additional quantum of pension or family pension. |
From eighty years to less than eighty-five years | Twenty per cent, of basic pension or family pension |
From eighty-five years to less than ninety years | Thirty per cent, of basic pension or family pension |
From ninety years to less than ninety-five years | Forty per cent, of basic pension or family pension |
From ninety-five years to less than hundred years | Fifty per cent, of basic pension or family pension |
From hundred years or more | Hundred per cent, of basic pension or family pension.". |
Section 11 - Amendment of section 23
In section 23 of the Supreme Court Judges Act, in sub-section (1A), the words "plus thirty per cent, of the dearness pay" shall be omitted.
Section 12 - Amendment of section 23B
In section 23B of the Supreme Court Judges Act, for the words "ten thousand" and "seven thousand five hundred", the words "twenty thousand" and "fifteen thousand" shall, respectively, be substituted.
Section 13 - Amendment of schedule
In the Schedule to the Supreme Court Judges Act,--
(a) in Part I,--
(i) in paragraph 2,--
(A) in clause (b), for the letters and figures "Rs. 6,030", "Rs. 1,82,820" and "Rs. 15,360", the letters and figures "Rs. 12,180", "Rs. 3,69,300" and "Rs. 31,030" shall, respectively, be substituted;
(B) in the proviso, for the letters and figures "Rs. 2,97,000", the letters and figures "Rs. 6,00,000" shall be substituted;
(ii) in the proviso to paragraph 3, for the letters and figures "Rs. 2,70,000", the letters and figures "Rs. 5,40,000" shall be substituted;
(b) in Part II, in paragraph 2, in clause (b), for the letters and figures "Rs. 16,898", the letters and figures "Rs. 33,795" shall be substituted;
(c) in Part III, in paragraph 2,--
(A) in clause (b), for the letters and figures "Rs. 7,800", the letters and figures "Rs. 16,020" shall be substituted;
(B) in the proviso, for the letters and figures "Rs. 2,97,000" and "Rs. 2,70,000", the letters and figures "Rs. 6,00,000" and "Rs. 5,40,000" shall, respectively, be substituted.