INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
JSN said its attention was drawn to the federal governments decision to fix judges monthly salary
The decision was published in Nepal gazette the other day
JSN said although judges were getting a slightly higher salary than their counterparts in civil service between 1991 and 2016, the
government began decreasing judges wage arbitrarily compared to civil servants.
JSN said that it could not accept the brand-new wage
repaired for them and they would rather continue to accept only the old pay scale that they got before January 19
It has asked the federal government to instantly withdraw its choice related to judges pay and form a judicial pay scale commission to
figure out incomes of judges.The brand-new pay scale was issued in the Nepal gazette the other day
We take this as the height of the federal governments arbitrariness and a brutal attack on judges pride and dignity, the JSN stated in its
release.It said that in between 1991 and 2015, district court judges pay scale was greater than that of a first class civil servant
In 2016-17 fiscal a district court judges monthly wage was Rs 36,890, whereas the monthly salary of a first-rate officer of civil service
In 2016/17 fiscal, high court judges regular monthly salary was Rs 43,670, whereas unique class officer of the federal government got Rs
In 2016/17 fiscal, the monthly salary of chief judges of high courts Rs 46,220, whereas the income of chief secretary of the government was
The JSN stated the federal government had actually been decreasing judges pay scale since 2016/17 financial without any reasonable ground.It
stated the government had fixed the regular monthly pay scale of district judges from 2023/24 financial at Rs 64,895 and a top-notch civil
servants income at Rs 70,038
District court judges are getting Rs 5,143 less than very first class civil servants.From the existing financial the federal government has
actually fixed the high court judges month-to-month salary at Rs 76,383 which of unique class officers at Rs 76,888
Chief Judges of high courts get a monthly salary of Rs 80,707, whereas the chief secretary gets 82,359
The JSN stated that the government had actually not satisfied its statutory commitment of examining judges income in consultation with the
chief justice every 3 years.It stated in its release that the acts governing judges pay and advantages provisioned for the review of judges
salary by the government in consultation with the chief justice as that was necessary to secure impudence of judiciary
We feel that the federal government, without troubling to speak with the Supreme Court, is arbitrarily continuing its advertisement hoc
policy of increasing judges wage partially, whereas other government employees have actually got pay substantial hike, the JSN mentioned in
its release.The JSN said the federal government had been unjustly fixing district and high court judges pay scale since 2016/17 financial
and the SC complete court had consistently advised the government about that, yet the federal government had not taken any action to correct
the pay scale.The JSN stated it had sent a memorandum to the then minister of law, justice, and parliamentary affairs Govinda Bandi and
previous minister of interactions and infotech Gyanendra Karki and was expecting a favorable action on their issues, but the government
continued the same old policy of unreasonable pay scale for judges.A variation of this post appears in the print on January 21, 2023, of The
Himalayan Times.
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JSN said that it could not accept the brand-new income repaired for them and they would rather continue to accept just the old
pay scale that they got prior to January 19
It has actually asked the federal government to immediately withdraw its decision associated to judges pay and form a judicial pay scale
commission to figure out salaries of judges.The brand-new pay scale was released in the Nepal gazette the other day
We take this as the height of the federal governments arbitrariness and a harsh attack on judges pride and dignity, the JSN mentioned in
its release.It said that in between 1991 and 2015, district court judges pay scale was greater than that of a first class civil servant
In 2016-17 fiscal a district court judges monthly salary was Rs 36,890, whereas the month-to-month wage of a first-class officer of civil
In 2016/17 financial, high court judges month-to-month wage was Rs 43,670, whereas unique class officer of the government got Rs 43,130
In 2016/17 fiscal, the regular monthly salary of chief judges of high courts Rs 46,220, whereas the salary of chief secretary of the
The JSN stated the government had actually been decreasing judges pay scale since 2016/17 fiscal with no affordable ground.It said the
government had fixed the regular monthly pay scale of district judges from 2023/24 financial at Rs 64,895 and a first-rate civil servants
District court judges are getting Rs 5,143 less than very first class civil servants.From the current financial the federal government has
actually repaired the high court judges month-to-month income at Rs 76,383 which of unique class officers at Rs 76,888
Chief Judges of high courts get a month-to-month salary of Rs 80,707, whereas the chief secretary gets 82,359
The JSN stated that the federal government had not satisfied its statutory obligation of reviewing judges income in consultation with the
chief justice every 3 years.It mentioned in its release that the acts governing judges pay and benefits provisioned for the evaluation of
judges wage by the government in consultation with the chief justice as that was required to safeguard impudence of judiciary
We feel that the government, without troubling to speak with the Supreme Court, is arbitrarily continuing its advertisement hoc policy of
increasing judges income partially, whereas other civil servant have actually made money significant walking, the JSN specified in its
release.The JSN said the federal government had been unfairly fixing district and high court judges pay scale since 2016/17 financial and
the SC full court had consistently advised the federal government about that, yet the government had actually not taken any step to fix the
pay scale.The JSN stated it had actually submitted a memorandum to the then minister of law, justice, and parliamentary affairs Govinda
Bandi and previous minister of communications and information technology Gyanendra Karki and was expecting a positive response on their
concerns, but the government continued the usual policy of unjust pay scale for judges.A version of this short article appears in the print
on January 21, 2023, of The Himalayan Times
This article first appeared/also appeared in https://thehimalayantimes.com
