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as were payable respectively to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the President and the Deputy President of the Legislative Council of the corresponding Province immediately before the commencement of this Constitution and, where the corresponding Province had no Legislative Council immediately before such commencement, there shall be paid to the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council of the State such salaries and allowances as the Governor of the State may determine.

PART D

PROVISIONS AS TO THE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND OF THE HIGH COURTS [1]***

9. [2][(1) There shall be paid to the Judges of the Supreme Court, in respect of time spent on actual service, salary at the following rates per mensem, that is to say:—

The Chief Justice .. [3][10,000 rupees.][4]
Any other Judge .. [5][9,000 rupees.][6]

Provided that if a Judge of the Supreme Court 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 under the Government of India or any of its predecessor Governments or under the Government of a State or any of its predecessor Governments, his salary in respect of service in the Supreme Court [7][shall be reduced—

(a) by the amount of that pension, and
(b) if he has, before such appointment, received in lieu of a portion of the pension due to him in respect of such previous service the commuted value thereof, by the amount of that portion of the pension, and
(c) if he has, before such appointment, received a retirement gratuity in respect of such previous service, by the pension equivalent of that gratuity].

(2) Every Judge of the Supreme Court shall be entitled without payment of rent to the use of an official residence.

(3) Nothing in sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph shall apply to a Judge who, immediately before the commencement of this Constitution,—

(a) was holding office as the Chief Justice of the Federal Court and has become on such commencement the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court under clause (1) of article 374, or
(b) was holding office as any other Judge of the Federal Court and has on such commencement become a Judge (other than the Chief Justice) of the Supreme Court under the said clause,

during the period he holds office as such Chief Justice or other Judge, and every Judge who so becomes the Chief Justice or other Judge of the Supreme Court shall, in respect of time spent on actual service as

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  1. ↑ The words and letter “IN STATES IN PART A OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE” omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
  2. ↑ Subs. by ibid., s. 25, for sub-paragraph (1).
  3. ↑ Subs. by the Constitution (Fifty-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1986, s .4, for “5,000 Rupees” to “10,000 Rupees” (w.e.f. 1-4-1986).
  4. ↑ Now two lakh eighty thousand rupees, vide the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2018 (10 of 2018), s. 6 (w.e.f. 22-9-2017).
  5. ↑ Subs. by the Constitution (Fifty-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1986, s. 4, for “4,000 Rupees” to “9,000 Rupees” (w.e.f. 1-4-1986).
  6. ↑ Now two lakh fifty thousand rupees, vide the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2018 (10 of 2018), s. 6 (w.e.f. 22-9-2017).
  7. ↑ Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 25, for “shall be reduced by the amount of that pension” (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

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