Summary The Supreme Court has announced its verdict regarding judges' pension case on Thursday.
ISLAMABAD (Online): The Supreme Court has declared null and void a law allowing pension to judges of the High Courts‚ having less than 5 years service on their credit.
A five-member bench headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali heard the Judges Pension case on Thursday.
The apex Court in its short ruling declared null and void the verdict of a bench headed by Justice Nawaz Abbasi which in 2008 ruled that whosoever elevated to the post of High Court Judge had the entitlement of the perks and pension. The court in its short verdict said that now judges having less than 5 years service on their credit would not be entitled to pension and other perks.
The detailed verdict would be issued later on.
With the announcement of this verdict 45 judges of High Courts would no longer be entitled to pension and perks.
