In section 13 of the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1958(41 of 1958) (hereinafter referred to as the Supreme Court Judges Act), clause (a) shall be omitted.
Section 7 - Insertion of new section 13A
After section 13 of the Supreme Court Judges Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--
"13A. Benefit of added years of service.--Subject to the provisions of this Act, a period of ten years shall be added to the service of a Judge for the purposes of his pension, who qualified for appointment as such judge under sub-clause (b) of clause (3) of article 124 of the Constitution.".
Section 8 - Amendment of section 16A
In the Supreme Court Judges Act, in section 16A, in sub-section (1),--
(i) in clause (a),--
(A) after the words "family pension calculated at the rate of fifty per cent of his salary", the words "plus fifty per cent of his dearness pay" shall be inserted;
(B) after the words "and thereafter at the rate of thirty per cent of his salary", the words "plus thirty per cent of his dearness pay" shall be inserted;
(ii) in clause (b), after the words "family pension shall be thirty per cent of his salary", the words "plus thirty per cent of his dearness pay" shall be inserted.
Section 9 - Amendment of section 23
In section 23 of the Supreme Court Judges Act, in sub-section (1A), for the words "of ten thousand rupees", the words "equivalent to an amount of thirty per cent. of the salary plus thirty per cent of the dearness pay" shall be substituted.
Section 10 - Amendment of section 23B
In section 23B of the Supreme Court Judges Act, for the words "four thousand" and "three thousand", the words "ten thousand" and "seven thousand five hundred" shall respectively be substituted.
Section 11 - Amendment of the Schedule
In the Schedule to the Supreme Court Judges Act,--
(a) in Part I,--
(i) in paragraph 2,--
(A) the words "and who has completed not less than seven years of service for pension as a Judge in India" shall be omitted;
(B) in clause (b), for the letters and figures "Rs. 4,020", "Rs. 1,21,880" and "Rs. 10,240", the letters and figures "Rs. 6,030", "Rs. 1,82,820" and "Rs. 15,360" shall respectively be substituted;
(C) in the proviso, for the letters and figures "Rs. 1,98,000", the letters and figures "Rs. 2,97,000" shall be substituted;
(ii) in paragraph 3,--
(A) the words "and who has completed not less than seven years of service for pension as a Judge in India" shall be omitted;
(B) in the proviso, for the letters and figures "Rs. 1,80,000", the letters and figures "Rs. 2,70,000" shall be substituted;
(iii) paragraph 5 shall be omitted;
(b) in Part II,--
(i) in paragraph 2,--
(A) in clause (b), for the letters and figures "Rs. 11,265", the letters and figures "Rs. 16,898" shall be substituted;
(B) in the proviso, for the letters and figures "Rs. 1,98,000" and "Rs. 1,80,000", the letters and figures "Rs. 2,97,000" and "Rs. 2,70,000" shall respectively be substituted;
(c) in Part III,--
(i) in paragraph 2,--
(A) in clause (b), for the letters and figures "Rs. 5,200", the letters and figures "Rs. 7,800" shall be substituted;
(B) in the proviso, for the letters and figures "Rs. 1,98,000" and "Rs. 1,80,000", the letters and figures "Rs. 2,97,000" and "Rs. 2,70,000" shall respectively be substituted.