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Full Pension to All High Court Judges
May 22 , 2025
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- The Supreme Court held that all high court judges, including those who retired as Additional Judges, will be entitled to full pension and retiral benefits.
- The varying standards of retirement and pension benefits among judgments would violate the right to equality under Article 14 of the Constitution.
- It direct to govt shall follow the principle of ‘one rank one pension’ to all the retired Judges of the high court’s irrespective of their source of entry.
- The Union government has to pay the full pension of ₹15 lakh per annum individually to retired Chief Justices of High Courts.
- The government must pay a full pension of ₹13.5 lakh per annum to High Court judges who had not retired as Chief Justices of high courts.
- A retired judge of a high court shall also include such of the retired Judges of a high court who have retired as Additional Judge of the high court.
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