Govt gets one month to hike lower court judges' salaries
The Supreme Court yesterday gave the government a further one month to fully implement the recommendations of the Judicial Service Pay Commission (JSPC) for increasing salaries and other benefits of lower court judges.
In 2008, the JSPC suggested providing the judicial officials (lower court judges) a judicial allowance equal to their basic monthly salary and to increase other facilities which are being provided to them.
A per the JSPC recommendation, a maximum Tk 40,000 was proposed for district judges and equivalent officials and a minimum Tk 16,500 was proposed for assistant judges and equivalent officials.
A five-member bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain passed the order while hearing the Masdar Hossain case, popularly known as the judiciary separation case.
The court also ordered the government to submit a report to it by December 3 after implementing the order.
It also expressed dissatisfaction with the government for not complying with its earlier direction.
Previously on October 1, the court had given the government one month, that is by November 1, to fully implement the recommendation.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told the court that the government on November 1 issued a gazette notification on an allowance increase equal to 20 percent of the basic salaries of judicial officials.
In 2010, the government had increased the allowances by 30 percent of the basic salaries, he said.
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