Parliament of India 20 May 1954, Act 28 of 1954 (The High Court Judges Salaries and Conditions of Service Act, 1954)

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Section 1. Short title.
Section 2. Definitions.
Section 3. Kinds of leave admissible to a judge.
Section 4. Leave account showing the amount of leave due.
Section 4A. Leave encashment.
Section 5. Aggregate amount of leave which may be granted.
Section 5A. Commutation of leave on half allowances into leave on full allowances.
Section 6. Grant of leave not due.
Section 7. Special disability leave.
Section 8. Extraordinary leave.
Section 9. Leave allowances.
Section 10. [Omitted.].
Section 11. Combining leave with vacation.
Section 12. Consequences of overstaying leave or vacation.
Section 13. Authority competent to grant leave, etc.
Section 13A. Salaries of the Judges.
Section 14. Pension payable to Judges.
Section 14A. Benefit of added years of service.
Section 15. Special provision of pension in respect of Judges who are members of service.
Section 16. Power of President to add to the service for pension.
Section 17. Extraordinary pensions.
Section 17A. Family pensions and gratuities.
Section 17B. Additional quantum of pension or family pension.
Section 18. [Omitted.].
Section 19. Commutation of Pensions.
Section 20. Provident Fund.
Section 20A. Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme.
Section 21. Authority competent to grant pension.
Section 22. Travelling allowances to a Judge.
Section 22A. Facility of rent-free houses.
Section 22B. Conveyance facilities.
Section 22C. Sumptuary allowance.
Section 22D. Exemption from liability to pay income-tax on certain perquisites received by a Judge.
Section 23. Facilities for medical treatment and other conditions of service.
Section 23A. Vacation of High Courts.
Section 23B. [Omitted.].
Section 23C. Special provisions in respect of Judges transferred from the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir.
Section 23D. Medical facilities for retired Judges.
Section 24. Power to make rules.
Section 25. [Omitted.].

Section 1. Short title.

Section 2. Definitions.

This Act may be called the High Court Judges ¹ [(Salaries and Conditions of Service)] Act, 1954.

¹. Subs. by Act 18 of 1998, s. 3, for "(conditions of service)" (w.e.f. 1-1-1996).

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "acting Chief Justice" means a Judge appointed under article 223 of the Constitution to perform the duties of the Chief Justice;
(b) "acting Judge" means a

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