 Act, 1958, to provide additional post-retirement benefits to retired Chief Justice and Judges){kind=link}
The Central government on Tuesday amended the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1958, providing additional post-retirement benefits to the retired Chief Justices and Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts.
As per the notification issued by the Government of India, Judges retiring from the Supreme Court will now be entitled to rent free Type-VIl accommodation at Delhi (other than the designated official residence) for a period of six months from the date of retirement.
Besides, they will be entitled to security cover round-the-clock at their residence, in addition to a personal security guard 24X7, for a period of one year from the date of retirement.
The retired Judges will further be entitled to a chauffer and a secretarial assistant for one year after retirement.
Following the notification, a proviso has been added to rule 3B(3) of the Supreme Court Judges Rules, 1959.
As per the new proviso, “The following staff shall be deployed with a retired Chief Justice and a retired Judge of Supreme Court for a period of one year from the date of retirement from the establishment of Supreme Court or a High Court with full pay and allowances admissible to regular employees of Supreme Court-
a) chauffeur (equivalent to the level of Chauffer in the Supreme Court).
b) secretarial assistant (equivalent to the level of the Branch Officer in the Supreme Court).”
In rule 4, the following proviso was inserted:
“A retired Chief Justice shall be entitled to a rent free Type-VIl accommodation at Delhi (other than the designated official residence) for a period of six month from the date of retirement.”
Further, Rule 5A was also inserted, entitling a retired Chief Justice or a retired judge to protocol to extend courtesies at ceremonial lounges at airports.