SSC CGL 2024 Tier-I · 9 September 2024, Shift 2 · General Awareness · Question 10 of 100

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When was the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021 introduced in Lok Sabha?

(a)30 November 2021
(b)27 September 2021
(c)29 March 2021
(d)28 April 2021

Answer

Why

Correct — A. The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 30 November 2021.

That was the second day of the Winter Session of 2021, which opened on 29 November. Anchoring a Bill to its session is the reliable way to hold its date.

The Bill amends the two statutes that govern judges' pay and pensions — the High Court Judges Act, 1954 and the Supreme Court Judges Act, 1958.

Why the others are wrong

(b)
27 September 2021 — The Monsoon Session of 2021 had already been adjourned sine die in August, so no Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in late September that year.
(c)
29 March 2021 — The second part of the 2021 Budget Session was cut short and both Houses adjourned sine die on 25 March 2021 — before this date.
(d)
28 April 2021 — Late April 2021 fell between sessions, after the Budget Session and before the Monsoon Session, so Parliament was not sitting.

Concept

Judges' salaries are not set by the executive. Article 125 for Supreme Court judges and Article 221 for High Court judges leave them to be determined by Parliament by law.

The governing statutes are the Supreme Court Judges Act, 1958 and the High Court Judges Act, 1954, both on salaries and conditions of service.

Any change to pay or pension therefore needs an amending Act passed by Parliament.

That insulation from executive discretion is one of the constitutional guarantees of judicial independence.

The substance of a Bill like this is administrative, so what SSC actually tests is the date or the House. Expect the same item rephrased as 'which Acts does it amend'.

Key facts

The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 30 November 2021, in the Winter Session that opened on 29 November 2021.
It amends the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954 and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1958.
Article 125 governs the salaries of Supreme Court judges and Article 221 those of High Court judges, both leaving the determination to Parliament by law.
The salaries of Supreme Court judges are charged on the Consolidated Fund of India, so they are not put to vote in Parliament.

Study next

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Common traps

Guessing the date from the Bill's year alone — a 2021 Bill could belong to any of three sessions.
Confusing the date of introduction with the date of passage or of Presidential assent.

Recent Bills and Acts come as date-of-introduction or which-House questions.

Learning Articles by number pays three times in this paper alone: the same shift asks Article 257 at GA Q.18 and the justiciability of the Directive Principles at GA Q.25.

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