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Section 14: Pension payable to Judges.

The High Court Judges Salaries and Conditions of Service Act, 1954Central Act · Act 28 of 1954

Subject to the provisions of this Act, every Judge shall, on his retirement, be paid a pension in accordance with the scale and provisions in Part I of the First Schedule:

Provided that no such pension shall be payable to a Judge unless—

(a) he has completed not less than twelve years of service for pension; or

[(b) he has attained the age of sixty-two years; or;]

(c) his retirement is medically certified to be necessitated by ill-health:

[Provided further that if a Judge at the time of his appointment is in receipt of a pension (other than a disability or wound pension) in respect of any previous service in the Union or a State, the pension payable under this Act shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, that pension.]

[Explanation.—In this section "Judge" means a Judge who has not held any other pensionable post under the Union or a State and includes a Judge who having held any other pensionable post under the Union or a State has elected to receive the pension payable under Part I of the First Schedule.]

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ActThe High Court Judges Salaries and Conditions of Service Act, 1954
Section14
Marginal notePension payable to Judges.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act 13 of 2016. . Subs. by Act 13 of 2016, s. 7 (w.e.f. 5-4-2016).
  • inserted, Act 46 of 1958. . Ins. by Act 46 of 1958, s. 5 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
  • substituted, Act 13 of 2016. . Subs. by Act 13 of 2016, s. 7, for the Explanation (w.e.f. 5-4-2016).

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