Judges May Get 3-Fold Pay Hike

New Delhi, Jan. 2: The Central government has finally decided to take the ordinance route to provide a three-fold salary hike to judges of the Supreme Court and high courts. The decision to promulgate an ordinance was taken at a meeting of the Union council of ministers chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. The government decided to take the ordinance route as the bills in this regard could not be passed in the just-concluded session of Parliament. The revised monthly salary of the Chief Justice of India would be Rs 1 lakh. At present, the CJI’s salary is Rs 33,000. The judges of the top court and the chief justices of high courts would draw a monthly salary of Rs 90,000. Their existing salaries is Rs 30,000. The salaries of the high court judges would be Rs 80,000 as against Rs 26,000 at present. "The Cabinet has decided to promulgate an ordinance to that effect," science and technology minister Kapil Sibal said on Friday after the Cabinet meeting. He said pension of the judges would also be revised. The revision in the salaries of the judges has been necessitated by the increase in the salaries of the Central government employees on acceptance of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. Meanwhile, the Centre has also decided to promulgate an ordinance to provide Central Industrial Security Force cover to private and joint venture industrial houses.

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