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The Supreme Court Today (Dec 18) said it was “pitiable” that some retired high court judges were getting a pension ranging between Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000. “You cannot have a legal approach in every matter. Sometimes, you need to have a humane approach,” observed a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan. “It is pitiable,” the bench said, while noting that some retired high court judges were getting pension ranging between Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000.
Yesterday (March 16th), the Supreme Court of India issued a significant ruling emphasizing equality in determining pensionary benefits for retired high court judges. The Court stressed that there should be no differentiation in pension benefits between judges elevated from the bar and those from the district judiciary. CJI Chandrachud led the bench in this landmark judgment, affirming that the pension entitlements of retired high court judges, regardless of their pre-elevation professional background, should be based on their last salary as a high court judge.