Supreme Court of India

K. Sreedhar Rao v. Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Law & Justice, New Delhi

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Bench Arun Mishra, M. R. Shah and B.R. Gavai JJ.
Decided 6 September 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the petitioner is not entitled to the relief and the declaration as prayed.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954 – rr. 2 and 7 of Part-I of First Schedule – Pensionary benefits of retired Acting Chief Justice of the High Court – Calculation of – Petitioner served as an Acting Chief Justice of the High Court for 14 months and retired in that capacity – Petitioner claimed the pensionary benefits as available to the Chief Justice of the High Court – The said claim was declined by the Central Government – Writ petition before the Supreme Court – Held: There is a clear distinction between a Judge appointed as an Acting Chief Justice u/Art. 223…

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