Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
---|---|
e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | rr. 2 and 7 of Part-I of First Schedule Pensionary benefits 1954 High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Petition Dismissed |
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 of the Constitution and a Chief Justice appointed u/Art. 217 of the Constitution – It is only for the limited purpose of salary, such an Acting Chief Justice is treated at par with the Chief Justice and not for any other purpose, more particularly the pension – However for the purposes of pension, r. 2 and r. 7 of Part I of the First Schedule of the 1954 Act are required to be read conjointly and while making the computation of pension u/r. 2 of Part I of the First Schedule, the service rendered as an Acting Chief Justice is required to be considered as a Chief Justice and accordingly his pension is required to be counted and for that period his pension is required to be computed as if he has rendered service as Chief Justice – In the instant case, the services rendered by the petitioner as an Acting Chief Justice was for a period of 14 months and the same is to be counted/calculated as that of the Chief Justice – Therefore, the petitioner is not entitled to the pensionary benefits including the ceiling in the pension which may be available to a retired Chief Justice, but only for the period of service rendered by him as an Acting Chief Justice is required to be considered as service rendered as a Chief Justice for the purpose of computation of pension – Constitution of India – Arts. 217 and 223 – Judiciary – Service Law – Pension. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.R. Shah |
Neutral Citation | 2019 INSC 1012 |
Petitioner | K. Sreedhar Rao |
Respondent | Union Of India Through Secretary, Ministry Of Law & Justice, New Delhi |
SCR | [2019] 12 S.C.R. 81 |
Judgement Date | 2019-09-06 |
Case Number | 300 |
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not just a repository with search/browse facilities but provides a host of services for the learner community. It is sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find the right resource with least effort and in minimum time. NDLI provides user group-specific services such as Examination Preparatory for School and College students and job aspirants. Services for Researchers and general learners are also provided. NDLI is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for 10 most widely used Indian languages. It is built to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is designed to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. It is developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Learn more about this project from here.
NDLI is a conglomeration of freely available or institutionally contributed or donated or publisher managed contents. Almost all these contents are hosted and accessed from respective sources. The responsibility for authenticity, relevance, completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability of these contents rests with the respective organization and NDLI has no responsibility or liability for these. Every effort is made to keep the NDLI portal up and running smoothly unless there are some unavoidable technical issues.
Ministry of Education, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), has sponsored and funded the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project.
Sl. | Authority | Responsibilities | Communication Details |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education |
Sanctioning Authority | https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives |
2 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project | https://www.iitkgp.ac.in |
3 | National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project | Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in |
4 | Project PI / Joint PI | Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project |
Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon |
5 | Website/Portal (Helpdesk) | Queries regarding NDLI and its services | support@ndl.gov.in |
6 | Contents and Copyright Issues | Queries related to content curation and copyright issues | content@ndl.gov.in |
7 | National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club) | Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach | clubsupport@ndl.gov.in |
8 | Digital Preservation Centre (DPC) | Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books | dpc@ndl.gov.in |
9 | IDR Setup or Support | Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops | idr@ndl.gov.in |