Daily Times

The federal government increased the salaries and allowance of superior judiciary judges, according to a notification issued by the Minister of Law and Justice on Thursday.

The notification stated that the house rent of Supreme Court judges has been increased from Rs68,000 to Rs350,000.

“In the Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) Order, 1997, hereinafter referred to as the said Order, in paragraph 20, in sub-paragrapgh (2), for the words “sixty eight thousand”, the words “three hundred fifty thousand” shall be substituted.

Similarly, the superior judicial allowance of the judges has also been increased from Rs428,040 to Rs1,161,163.

“In the said Order, in paragraph 22, for the words ‘four hundred twenty-eight thousand forty’, the words ‘one million one hundred sixty-one thousand one hundred sixty-three’ shall be substituted.”

The notification was issued after approval by Acting President Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani.

Likewise, the government also increased the house rent and judicial allowances of the high court judges as well.

According to the notification, the house rent has been increased from Rs65,000 to Rs350,000, while the judicial allowance increasned from Rs342,431 to Rs1,090,000.

The development came days after the parliament bulldozed the Supreme Court Number of Judges (Amendment) Bill, 2024, seeking an increase in the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges up to 34.