Cabinet approves appointment of Second National Judicial Pay Commission for Subordinate Judiciary in the country
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved appointment of Second National Judicial Pay Commission (SNJPC) for Subordinate Judiciary in the country.
The Commission is to be headed by Justice (Retd.J P.Venkatrama Reddi, former Judge of Supreme Court of India.
R. Basant, a former Judge of the Kerala High Court is the Member of the Commission.
The Commission will make its recommendations to the State Governments preferably within a period of 18 months.
It will examine the present structure of emoluments and conditions of service of Judicial Officers in the States and UTs.
The Commission aims to evolve the principles which would govern pay structure and other emoluments of Judicial Officers belonging to the Subordinate Judiciary of the country.
It will examine the work methods and work environment as also the variety of allowance and benefits in kind that are available to Judicial Officers in addition to pay and to suggest rationalization and simplification thereof.
The Commission will devise its own procedures and formulate modalities necessary for accomplishing the task. The Commission also aims at making the pay scales and conditions of service of Judicial Officers uniform throughout the country.
The recommendations of the Commission will help in promoting efficiency in Judicial Administration, optimizing the size of judiciary etc. and to remove anomalies created in implementation of earlier recommendations.
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