Delhi implemented Padmanabhan report : three fold hike for judges.

Effecting an over three-fold hike in the salary of district-level judicial officers, the Delhi government has given its nod for the implementation of the E Padmanabhan Committee report, which was submitted to the apex court in July 2009. The report had recommended the revision of salaries of subordinate judicial court judges across the country. Delhi Law Secretary SP Garg and the Lieutenant-Governor cleared the file for the revised payscale.

The new scale, which will come into effect from January 1, 2006, has already been enforced in many states, and the Delhi government is working out the modalities for its implementation.

The committee, also known as the second National Judicial Pay Commission (NJPC), was set up by the Supreme Court in April 2009. It has recommended that the salary of an entry-level civil judge (junior division) be revised to Rs 27,700 from the existing Rs 9,000. Similarly, for a senior division civil judge, the proposed hike is from Rs 12,850 to Rs 39,530. The salaries of district judges have been sent on an upward hike.

Source : Indian Express.