Central government amends Rules to provide Supreme Court judges chauffer and security for 1 year after retirement, residence for 6 months

In the Supreme Court Judges Rules, 1959 in rule 3B(3), after the proviso, the following proviso has been be added:

“Provided further that the following staff shall be deployed with a retired Chief Justice and a retired Judge of Supreme Court for a period of one year from the date of retirement from the establishment of Supreme Court or a High Court with full pay and allowances admissible to regular employees of Supreme Court-

a) chauffeur (equivalent to the level of Chauffer in the Supreme Court).

b) secretarial assistant (equivalent to the level of the Branch Officer in the Supreme Court).”

Source: Barandbench