Pakistan 1973 Constitution (reinstated 2002, reviewed 2018)

FIFTH SCHEDULE. Remuneration and Terms and Conditions of Service of Judges [Article 205]

I. THE SUPREME COURT

1. There shall be paid to the Chief Justice of Pakistan a salary of Rs. 9,900 per mensem, and to every other Judge of the Supreme Court a salary of Rs. 9,500 per mensem, or such higher salary as the President may, from time to time, determine.
2. Every Judge of the Supreme Court shall be entitled to such privileges and allowances, and to such rights in respect of leave of absence and pension, as may be determined by the President, and until so determined, to the privileges, allowances and rights to which, immediately before the commencing day, the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan were entitled.
3. The pension payable to a retired Judge of the Supreme Court per mensem shall not be less or more than the amount specified in the table below, depending on the length of his service as Judge in that Court or a High Court:Provided that the President may, from time to time, raise the minimum or maximum amount of pension so specified:
   • Judge: Chief Justice, Minimum Amount: Rs. 7,000, Maximum Amount: Rs. 8,000
     
     Judge: Other Judge, Minimum Amount: Rs. 6,250, Maximum Amount: Rs. 7,125
4. The widow of a Judge of the Supreme Court shall be entitled to a pension at the following rates, namely:-
   1. if the Judge dies after retirement – 50 per cent of the net pension payable to him; or
   2. if the Judge dies after having rendered not less than three years’ service as Judge and while still serving as such – 50 per cent of the pension admissible to him at the minimum rate.
5. The pension shall be payable to the widow for life or, if she remarries, until her marriage.
6. If the widow dies, the pension shall be payable-
   1. to the sons of the judge who are less than twenty-one years of age, until they attain that age; and
   2. to the unmarried daughters of the Judge who are. less than twenty-one years of age, until they attain that age or are married, whichever first occurs.

II. THE HIGH COURT

1. There shall be paid to the Chief Justice of a High Court a salary of Rs. 9,400 per mensem, and to every other Judge of a High Court a salary of Rs. 8,400 per mensem, or such higher salary as the President may, from time to time, determine.
2. Every Judge of a High Court shall be entitled to such privileges and allowances, and to such rights in respect of leave of absence and pension, as may be determined by the President, and until so determined, to the privileges, allowances and rights to which, immediately before the commencing day, the Judges of the High Court were entitled.
3. The pension payable per mensem to a Judge of a High Court who retires after having put in not less than five years service as such Judge shall not be less or more than the amount specified in the table below, depending on the length of his service as Judge and total service, if any, in the service of Pakistan:Provided that the President may, from time to time, raise the minimum or maximum amount of pension so specified:
   • Judge: Chief Justice, Minimum Amount: Rs. 5,640, Maximum Amount: Rs. 7,050
     
     Judge: Other Judge, Minimum Amount: Rs. 5,040, Maximum Amount: Rs. 6,300

4. The widow of a Judge of the High Court shall be entitled to a pension at the following rates, namely:-
   1. if the Judge dies after retirement – 50 per cent of the net pension payable to him;
   2. if the Judge dies after having rendered not less than five years’ service as Judge and while still serving as such – 50 per cent of the pension admissible to him at the minimum rate.
5. The pension shall be payable to the widow for life or, if she remarries, until her marriage.
6. If the widow dies, the pension shall be payable
   1. to the sons of the Judge who are less than twenty-one years of age, until they attain that age; and
   2. to the unmarried daughters of the Judge who are less than twenty-one years of age, until they attain that age or are married, whichever first occurs.