Salaries of SC, High Court judges increased by President

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President Asif Ali Zardari has approved Tuesday an increase in the salaries and judicial allowances of the judges of Supreme Court and high courts.

After amendments in President Orders 1, 2 & 3 as recommended by the Prime Minister in a summary sent to the President.

According to Spokesman of Presidency, President signed the summary during a ceremony held here at the Presidency, which was attended among others by Dr. Babar Awan, minister for Law & Justice, Qamar Zaman Chaudhary, Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Sardar Latif Khosa, Advisor to the Prime Minister and other senior government officials.

A Supreme Court judge will now get a salary of Rs245, 457 while a high court judge Rs231, 563 per month.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has been given an increase of Rs.60, 000 per month and will now draw Rs259, 838.

A Supreme Court judge will now draw Rs. 245,457 per month against his earlier salary of Rs.188, 813.

The chief justice of a high court would get Rs. 240,825 per month instead of Rs. 185,250 while a high court judge would now fetch a salary of Rs. 231, 563 per month as against Rs. 178,125, which he is drawing at present.

Apart from the salary, the judicial allowance of the judges of Supreme Court and high courts has also been increased. Chief Justice and judges of Supreme Court would now be taking a judicial allowance of Rs. 113, 750 per month as against Rs. 87,500. Similarly Chief justice and Judges of High court will now be getting 91,000 as against 70,000 after increase in their judicial allowance.

The salary and allowances are allowed to the judges of the Supreme Court under paras 1 and 2 of the Fifth Schedule of the constitution (Supreme Court part) while the salary and allowances of the judges of High court are allowed under paras 1 & 2 of the Fifth schedule (High court part) to the constitution.

The President, under the provision of the Fifth schedule to the constitution fixes the amounts of salary and allowances of the judges of Supreme Court and high courts through President’s order