Supreme Court Calls Pension To Retired High Court Judges "Pitiable"
NDTV
The top court asked the authorities to have a "humane approach" instead of adopting a "legal approach".
The Supreme Court on Wednesday lamented the meagre pension, ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000, being given to some retired high court judges and termed it "pitiable".
The top court asked the authorities to have a "humane approach" instead of adopting a "legal approach".
A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan was dealing with a batch of pleas raising the issue of different pension being payable to retired high court judges.
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