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All India Judges Association & Ors v. Union Of India & Ors

All India Judges Association & Ors v. Union Of India & Ors

(Supreme Court Of India)

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).1022/1989 | 05-04-2022

IA No.121642/2018

1. This application has been filed by All India Retired Judges Association seeking the following reliefs:

“(i) the existing pensions of all past pensioners who retired after 01.01.1996 and the pensioners whose pensions were consolidated as per Karnataka model shall be raised by 3.07 times on par with the other pensioners subject to minimum of 50% of the revised pay scale of pay of their respective post;

(ii) and in the alternative, consolidation of the existing pensions of the above section of pensioners as per the methodology adopted by the Central Government in pursuance of the recommendations of the VIth Central Pay Commission in para 4.1 of the O.M.F.No.38/37/08 P & PW(A) Government of India dated 01.09.2008.”

2. By an order dated 08.10.2012, this Court directed that existing pension of all the past pensioners who had retired after 01.01.1996 and the pensioners whose pensions were consolidated as per Karnataka model shall be raised by 3.07 times on par with the other pensioners subject to minimum of 50% of the revised pay scale of their respective posts.

3. The complaint of the applicant is that the said direction has not been fully complied with by some states and not complied with at all by few states. Mr. Gopal Jha, learned counsel appearing for the applicant, submitted that some of the retired judicial officers who are almost 90 years of age. It has nearly been a decade since the direction was issued by this Court to pay pension in accordance with the formula mentioned therein. Implementation of the direction dated 08.10.2012 does not brook any further delay.

4. All the state Governments are directed to comply with the direction issued by this Court on 08.10.2012 and submit a report of compliance within a period of four weeks from today.

5. List on 04.05.2022.

Tag along with IA No.89524/2021.

Item 7.1 (Diary No. 2656/2020)

6. List on 04.05.2022.

IA Nos.89450, 88976, 89454/2021 and IA No.44132/2022 in IA No.89454/2021)

7. Heard.

8. Arguments concluded.

9. Judgment reserved.

Advocate List
  • Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. (A.C.) Mr. Ankit Yadav, Adv. Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Adv. Mr. K.M.Nataraj Ld ASG Mr. Wasim Qadri Sr Adv Mr. T.A.Khan Adv Mr. Nalin Kohli, Adv. Mr. B.K.Satija Adv Mr. Sharath Nambiar Adv Ms. Neela Kedar Gokhale Adv Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv. Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv. Ms. Shwetal Shepal, Adv. Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pandey, AOR Mrs. Amita Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Dahiya, AOR Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, AOR Mr. Pravir Kumar Jain, AOR Ms. A. Subhashini, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR Mr. Ajay Kumar, AOR Mr. M. A. Chinnasamy, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. T. V. Ratnam, AOR Mr. Apoorv Kurup, AOR Mr. Mohit Prasad, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Mittal, Adv. Ojaswa Pathak, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Anandh Kannan N., AOR Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv. Mr. Shreyash Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Mamta Shrivastava, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. Krishnanand Pandeya, AOR Mr. Sanjay Sharawat, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Romy Chacko, AOR Mr. R. N. Keswani, AOR Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy, AOR Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Uday B. Dube, AOR Mr. Kaustubh Dube, Adv. Mr. Pravir Choudhary, AOR Mr. V. K. Sidharthan, AOR Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, AOR Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Abhisth Kumar, AOR Mrs. V. D. Khanna, AOR Mr. Sanjay Jain, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Ms. Pragya Singh, Adv Ms. Akshay Singh, Adv. Mr. Shantwanu Singh, Adv Mr. P. V. Dinesh, AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Ms. Priya Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Ratan Kumar Choudhuri, AOR Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. Gopal Balwant Sathe, AOR Mrs. Revathy Raghavan, AOR Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. T. L. Garg, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. P. K. Jain, AOR Mrs. Anjani Aiyagari, AOR Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mrs. Bina Gupta, AOR Mr. Jitendra Mohan Sharma, AOR Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. Shrish Kumar Misra, AOR Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. Kishan Datta, AOR Ms. A. Sumathi, AOR Mr. B. D. Sharma, AOR Mr. Haresh Raichura, AOR Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. Kshatrashal Raj, Adv. Ms. Tanya Chaudhry, Adv. Ms. Pratyusha Priyadarshini, Adv. Ms. Nitika Pandey, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. S. R. Setia, AOR Ms. Meera Mathur, AOR Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR Ms. N. Annapoorani, AOR Mr. Manish K. Bishnoi, AOR Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Ms. S. Janani, AOR Mr. Kanhaiya Priyadarshi, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Ms. Payal Swarup, Adv Mr. Syed Jafar Husain, Adv M/S. Gagrat And Co, AOR Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR Mr. T. V. George, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar Jain, AOR Ms. Rashika Swarup, Adv. Ms. Kumud Lata Das, AOR Mr. M. Veerappa, AOR Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Alok Kumar, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR Dr. Sushil Balwada, AOR Mr. Surya Kant, AOR Mr. Rajiv Mehta, AOR Mr. K. Ram Kumar, AOR Dr. J. P. Dhanda, AOR Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arun K. Sinha, AOR M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR Mr. R. Sathish, AOR Mr. P. I. Jose, AOR Mr. Prashant K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jenis Francis, Adv. Mr. Anupam Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Ms. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akshay C. Shrivastava, Adv. Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv. Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv. Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arpit Prakash, Adv. Mr. D. K. Devesh, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, Adv. Ms. Shreya Nair, Adv. Mr. P. Mohith Rao, Adv. Mr. S. UIdaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. T.N. Rama Rao, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. T.L.V. Ramachari, Adv. Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. Mr. Kuldeep Singh, AOR Ms. Veena Bansal, Adv. Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Mr. Aditya Prakash, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Parikshith, Adv. Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Adv Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Adv. Mr. Tanmay Sinha, Adv. M/S. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Kavita Jha, AOR Mr. Aditeya Bali, Adv. Mr. Sharan Thakur, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Adv. Ms. Vipasha Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kanojiya, Adv. Mr. Bishwendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR Mr. Vikas Mahajan,Sr. Adv./AAG Mr. Vivek Mahajan, Adv Mr. Vidit Anand, Adv Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR Mr. Surinder Singh Manak, Adv Mr. Parijat Som, Adv Mr. Arun Singh, Adv Mr. Salik Ram, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Satish Pandey, AOR Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv. Mr. P.S. Negi, Adv. Mr. Daniel Lyngdoh, Adv. Mr. Braj Kishore Mishra, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Adv. Ms. Simanta Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sunil Saraogi, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Sen, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr.Siddhesh Kotwal,Adv Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv Ms.Manya Hasija,Adv Mr. Akash Singh, Adv Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Borthakur, Adv. Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee Sen, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Mr. Beenu sharma, Adv. Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Ms. Shrutee Aradhana, Adv. Ms. Mrinal Elker Mazumdar, AOR Ms. Indira Bhakar Adv. Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Ms. Nupur Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mahara, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Amandeep Mehta, Adv. Mr. Ankit Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. P.S. Patwalia, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR Mr. S.P. Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Talukdar, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AAG/AOR Mr. Sukant Vikram, Adv Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv Mr. Aditya Narayan Das, Adv Ms. Preetika Dwivedi, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Malak Manish Bhatt, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., Adv. Mr. Avneesh Aruptham, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Ms. Vaidehi Kothari, Adv. Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Aakash Nandolia, Adv. Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AOR

Bench
  • HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. NAGESWARA RAO
  • HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI
  • HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE
Eq Citations
  • LQ
  • LQ/SC/2022/466
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