High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act,1954
Act No : 28
Section :
Pension payable to Judges.
14.Pension payable to Judges. Subject to the provisions of this Act, every Judge shall, on his retirement, be paid a pension in accordance with the scale and provisions in Part I of the First Schedule : Provided that no such pension shall be payable to a Judge unless- (a) he has completed not less than twelve years of service for pension; or (b) he has attained the age of 1*[sixty-two years, and, in the case of a Judge holding office on the 5th day of October, 1963, sixty years] ; or (c) his retirement is medically certified to be necessitated by ill-health : 2*[Provided further that if a Judge 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 in the Union or a State, the pension payable under this Act shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, that pension.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Sub. by Act 27 of 1964, s. 2, for "sixty years". 2 Ins. by Act 46 of 1958, s. 5 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956), ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 Explanation.-In this section 'Judge' means a Judge who is not member of the Indian Civil Service or has not held any other 1*[pensionable post] under the Union or a State and includes a Judge who being a member of the Indian Civil Service or having held any other 1*[pension able post] under the Union or a State has elected to receive the pension payable under Part I of the First Schedule.
