Cabinet nod to raise SC strength to 37 plus CJIThe Union Cabinet has approved increasing the number of Supreme Court judges. The strength will rise to 37, excluding the Chief Justice of ...
06 May, 2026, 01.42 AM IST
After two-fold salary hike, SC & HC judges to now get enhanced DASupreme Court and high court judges will get 7 percent DA with effect from January 1. So far, they were getting 5 percent DA.
10 Apr, 2018, 07.58 PM IST
Panel recommends 30-pc interim relief for lower court judgesThe commission was set up following a Supreme Court order and its recommendation may come up before an apex court bench in the coming days.
19 Mar, 2018, 08.02 PM IST
Two-fold jump in salaries of 3 election commissionersThe salary hike will come into effect retrospectively from January 1, 2016, and will also benefit former chief election commissioners and e...
14 Feb, 2018, 04.06 PM IST
Supreme Court, High Court judges get around 200 per cent salary hikeThe judges of the Supreme Court and chief justices of high courts will draw a monthly salary of Rs 2.50 lakh, up from the current Rs 90,000...
30 Jan, 2018, 08.15 PM IST
Election commissioners set to draw over Rs 2L a monthThe possibility of a hike comes in the wake of a bill seeking to increase the salaries of judges. The issue is likely be raised in the Budg...
17 Jan, 2018, 04.36 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes bill to hike salaries of Supreme Court, High Court judgesOnce the bill is cleared by Parliament and becomes a law, the Chief Justice of India will get a monthly salary of Rs 2.80 lakh from the pre...
04 Jan, 2018, 07.38 PM IST
Bill to hike salaries of judges tabled in Lok SabhaProposed Bill suggests increasing the salary amount of high court judges to Rs 2.25 lakh per month, from Rs 80,000 currently. SC judges to ...
21 Dec, 2017, 03.13 PM IST
Supreme Court and High Court judges to get salary hikeLaw minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here that a bill would be introduced in Parliament to effect the pay hike.
22 Nov, 2017, 04.44 PM IST
Panel set up to recommend pay hike for lower court judgesThe Union cabinet had last week granted its approval for the formation of the second National Judicial Pay Commission.
20 Nov, 2017, 02.40 PM IST
Cabinet may consider setting up panel for pay hike of lower court judgesThe Law Ministry has proposed to appoint the Second National Judicial Pay Commission to recommend salary hikes for the 21,000 lower court j...
09 Nov, 2017, 04.33 PM IST
Government nod to near-200% hike in salaries of SC, HC judgesThe government has set the salary for the CJI at Rs 2.8 lakh per month, a little above what the cabinet secretary draws.
26 Mar, 2017, 06.46 AM IST
Salaries of Supreme Court, High Court judges likely to go up"It has to go through the paces. First the inter- ministerial consultations then the approval of the Union Cabinet," explained a government...
15 Dec, 2016, 11.08 PM IST
Delhi govt clears hike in salaries for judgesDelhi government has issued a notification to implement recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission for judges in all district courts.
02 Oct, 2016, 12.21 PM IST
- SC panel seeks three-fold pay hike for trial court judges
In what could be the biggest ever salary hike for lowly-paid trial court judges, the Supreme Court-appointed National Judicial Pay Commissi...
28 Jul, 2009, 07.17 AM IST
- Bill seeking hike in SC, HC judges' salaries introduced in LS
A Bill proposing over three-fold hike in the salaries of judges of the Supreme Court and the High Court was introduced in the Lok Sabha on ...
22 Dec, 2008, 05.22 PM IST
- Three cheers: Judges get 300% pay hike
Judges in the supreme court and high courts will now draw salaries almost three times higher than their present levels.
29 Nov, 2008, 09.42 AM IST