bill no 144 of  2021 the high court and supreme court judges (salaries and conditions of service) amendment bill, 2021 abillfurther to amend the high court judges (salaries and conditions of service) act, 1954 and the supreme court judges (salaries and conditions of service) act, 19585short titlebe it enacted by parliament in the seventy-second year of the republic of india as follows:—chapter ipreliminary1 this act may be called the high court and supreme court judges (salaries and conditions of service) amendment act, 2021 chapter ii amendment to the high court judges (salaries and conditions of service) act, 1954amendment of section 17b28 of 1954102 in section 17b of  the high court judges (salaries and conditions of service)act, 1954, the following explanation shall be inserted, namely:—"explanation—for the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified  that any entitlement for additional quantum of pension or family pension shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, from the first day of the month in which the pensioner or family pensioner completes the age specified in the first column of the scale" chapter iii amendment to the supreme court judges (salaries and conditions of service) act, 195841 of 1958amendment of section 16b53 in section 16b of the supreme court judges (salaries and conditions of service)act, 1958, the following explanation shall be inserted, namely:—"explanation—for the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified  that any entitlement for additional quantum of pension or family pension shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, from the first day of the month in which the pensioner or family pensioner completes the age specified in the first column of the scale" statement of objects and reasonsthe high court judges (salaries and conditions of service) act, 1954 was enacted to regulate salaries and certain conditions of service of the judges of high courts the supreme court judges (salaries and conditions of service) act, 1958 was enacted to regulate salaries and certain conditions of service of the judges of the supreme court2 vide the high court and supreme court judges (salaries and conditions of service)amendment act, 2009, section 17b and section 16b were respectively inserted in the said acts to provide that every retired judge or after his death, the family, as the case may be, shall be entitled to an additional quantum of pension or family pension in accordance with the scale specified therein accordingly, the additional quantum of pension to retired judges of the high court and supreme court is being sanctioned on completing the age of 80 years, 85 years, 90 years, 95 years and 100 years, as the case may be3 however, in a writ petition filed by a retired high court judge, justice virendra dutt gyani, the hon'ble high court of gauhati vide its order dated 15th march, 2018 has held that benefit of additional quantum of pension as per section 17b of the aforesaid high court judges act in the first slab would be available to a retired judge from the first day of his 80th year4 subsequently, the hon'ble high court of madhya pradesh also, vide its order dated3rd december, 2020 passed in writ petitions filed by the association of retired judges of supreme court and high court of india, has directed respondent union of india to construe the word "from" as it appears on the slab under section 16b of the 1958 act and section 17b of the 1954 act as the first day of entering the minimum age of the slab (ie, 80,85,90,95 and 100 years) along with other consequential benefits to the petitioners5 the legislative intent behind insertion of section 17b and section 16b respectively in the aforesaid acts was to provide benefit of additional quantum of pension to a retired judge from the first day of the month in which he completes the age specified in the first column of the scale and not from the first day of his entering the age specified therein as so interpreted by the high courts therefore, it is proposed to insert an explanation in section 17b of  the said high court judges act and in section 16b of the said supreme court judges act to clarify the intention and to ensure that there is no scope for any other interpretation6 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectives kiren rijijunew delhi;the 24th november, 2021———— a billfurther to amend the high court judges (salaries and conditions of service) act, 1954 and the supreme court judges (salaries and conditions of service) act, 1958————(shri kiren rijiju,  minister of  law and justice)mgipmrnd—1151ls(s3)—25-11-2021