Supreme Court extends tenure of members of Second National Judicial Pay Commission till April 30

The Supreme Court on Friday extended the tenure of members of National Judicial Pay Commission, retired Justices PV Reddy and R Basant till April 30, 2021..A Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian further directed that the term of the deputation of the Member Secretary shall be extended upto April 30, 2021, so that he may attend the duties of the Commission..The extension was allowed after Amicus Curiae K Parameshwar had addressed a letter to the Supreme Court Secretary General pointing out that the Commission's term is due to end on March 31 and one more month would be needed by the Commission to submit a report regarding third term of reference.."We direct that the term of the members of the Commission i.e. Hon'ble Mr. Justice (Retd.) PV Reddy and Hon'ble Mr. Justice (Retd.) R Basant shall be extended upto April 30, 2021. We further direct that the term of the deputation of the Member Secretary shall be extended upto April 30, 2021 so that he may attend the duties of the Commission," the Court ordered. .The Commission which was formed pursuant to the Supreme Court's orders in the All India Judges Association case had submitted its final report on January 29, 2020, recommending increase in the pay, pension and allowances of judicial officers Its recommendations are applicable to judicial officers across the country..Second National Judicial Pay Commission recommends windfall for judicial officers; District Judge to get max pay of Rs 2.24 lakh, New Pension Scheme to be discontinued.As per the revised pay structure evolved by the Commission, the Junior Civil Judge/First Class Magistrate whose starting pay is Rs.27,700, will now get Rs.77,840.The post of Senior Civil Judge will get a starting pay of Rs.1,11,000 and that of a District Judge Rs.1,44,840.The highest pay that a District Judge (STS) will get, is Rs.2,24,100..Second National Judicial Pay Commission report: CJI surprised at 20 states defaulting on reply, issues notice to Attorney General.The Commission had further recommended that pension be at 50 percent of the last drawn pay. Family pension will be 30 percent of the last drawn pay.The existing ceiling of retirement gratuity and death gratuity was recommended to be increased by 25 percent when the Dearness Allowance reaches 50 percent.Some new allowances like the children's education allowance, home orderly allowance, and transport allowance in lieu of pool car facility, have been proposed..[Read Order]