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265                    THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                  (Second Schedule)

                                       PART D
            PROVISIONS AS TO THE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND OF THE
                                       HIGH COURTS 1***
       9. [(1) There shall be paid to the Judges of the Supreme Court, in respect of
time spent on actual service, salary at the following rates per mensem, that is to say:—
               The Chief Justice         ..    2
                                                 [10,000 rupees.].
               Any other Judge         ..      3
                                                 [9,000 rupees.].
       Provided that if a Judge of the Supreme Court 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 under the Government of India or
any of its predecessor Governments or under the Government of a State or any
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of its predecessor Governments, his salary in respect of service in the Supreme
Court 4[shall be reduced—                            od
           (a) by the amount of that pension; and
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           (b) if he has, before such appointment, received in lieu of a portion of
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        the pension due to him in respect of such previous service the commuted
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        value thereof, by the amount of that portion of the pension; and
           (c) if he has, before such appointment, received a retirement gratuity in
        respect of such previous service, by the pension equivalent of that gratuity.]
       (2) Every Judge of the Supreme Court shall be entitled without payment
of rent to the use of an official residence.
       (3) Nothing in sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph shall apply to a Judge
who, immediately before the commencement of this Constitution,—


1. The words and letter "IN STATES IN PART A OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE" omitted
   by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 25(a) (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. Subs. by the Constitution (Fifty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1986, s. 4, for "5,000 rupees
   to 10,000 rupees" (w.e.f. 1-4-1986).
 Now two lakh eighty thousand rupees, vide the High Court and Supreme Court Judges
   (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment        Act, 2018 (10 of 2018), s. 6
   (w.e.f. 1-1-2016).
3. Subs. by the Constitution (Fifty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1986, s. 4, for "4,000 rupees"
   (w.e.f. 1-4-1986).
 Now two lakh fifty thousand rupees, vide the High Court and Supreme Court Judges
   (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2018 (10 of 2018), s. 6
   (w.e.f. 1-1-2016).
4. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 25(b), for " shall be
   reduced by the amount of that pension" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

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