New Delhi: Supreme Court and high court judges may soon get a fatter pay packet as the government is likely to bring a bill in this regard in the next session of Parliament. Chief Justice of India T S Thakur had recently written to the government seeking a hike in salaries of Supreme Court and high court judges.
Sources in the government said the issue is under active consideration and a bill to amend The High Court and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act may come up in the Budget session of Parliament which may begin in the first week of February next. While the sources refused to share details of the quantum of hike sought by the CJI, they said to affect the pay hike, the Act has to be amended.
As the Winter session of Parliament is coming to an end today, they said the bill would now come up in the Budget session.
After the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, the matter was already under the consideration of the government.–PTI
