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Judges to enjoy all retirement benefits despite premature retirement
19 Jan, 2012In response to a RTI query, the department of Justice has informed that said Article 221 of the Constitution of India provides for entitlement and rights of Judges to salary, allowances and such rights in respect of leave of absence and pension from time to time determined by law made by Parliament. There is no Constitutional or Statutory provision restricting the Judges of High Courts from their entitlement to post-retirement benefits even in the case of Judges resigning pre-matured from their posts to avoid contempt proceedings. Therefore, Justices (retd) PD Dinakaran and Soumitra Sen would keep getting their post-retirement benefits, though they resigned to avoid the impeachment proceedings against them.