Governance & Administration · India
States can't cite financial burden to oppose higher retirement age for judges: Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that State governments cannot cite financial burdens to oppose raising the retirement age of judicial officers, terming such concerns to be misconceived. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana has directed various States to urgently reconsider their earlier opposition to increasing the retirement age. " The reasons assigned by the different State governments for declining to enhance the age of retirement of judicial officers on the…
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