The salary of the Chief Justice of India is more than that of the Prime Minister. The Chief Justice of India gets a salary of Rs 2,80,000 every month. Apart from this, sumptuary allowance of Rs 4,5000 is also available every month. In this way the total income of the month is Rs 325,000 lakh. On the other hand, the Indian Prime Minister gets a salary of Rs 1.60 lakh every month. Despite this, the CJI is far behind the Chief Justices of major countries of the world in terms of salary. Even the Chief Justice of neighboring Pakistan draws a higher salary than the Chief Justice of India.
America
Let’s talk about America first. According to the information given on the United States Courts, the Chief Justice of America gets an annual salary of $ 312,200. In rupee terms it is around Rs 2,60,249,92 crore. The salary of the Chief Justice of America is decided by the US Congress.
Britain
Talking about Britain (UK Chief Justice Salary), here the Lord Chief Justice or Chief Justice gets a salary of 2,75,534 pounds annually. This amount in rupees is around Rs 2,88,125,90 crore. Apart from this, various allowances are also available.
Canada
Talking about Canada, here the Chief Justice gets a salary of $ 4,35,000 every year, which is Rs 36,261,600 crore. Apart from this, the Chief Justice also gets an allowance of 12000 dollars every year. If we add all the amount then it is close to Rs 37,261,920 crore.
Australia
The Chief Justice of Australia gets an annual salary of $564,458. This amount in rupees is around Rs 46,991,128 crore. That means Australia is one of those countries which gives the highest salary to its Chief Justice.
Japan
The Chief Justice of Japan gets a salary of 2,010,000 yen every month. According to India, this is Rs 11,04,191 lakh per month. This amount comes to around Rs 13,250,291 crore annually. Apart from this, many other facilities are also available.
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Pakistan
Now if we talk about neighboring Pakistan, the Chief Justice there gets a salary of 1,229,189 lakh Pakistani rupees every month. If allowances are added it comes to Rs 15,27,399. According to India, this amount comes to around Rs 4,41,113 lakh. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan is the highest paid government employee in the country. His salary had increased only last year.
bangladesh
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh gets a salary of 1.10 lakh taka every month. Apart from this, many facilities like bungalow, vacation, medical facility are also provided.
Where in terms of work?
This is about the salary of the Chief Justice of many countries. But do you know how many days the Indian Supreme Court works in a year? The highest court of India, i.e. the Supreme Court, is one of those countries where the maximum work is done. The Supreme Court works for 193 days in a year. There are holidays roughly three times a year. Summer vacation, which lasts for about 7 weeks and runs from the end of May to the first week of July.
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Apart from summer holidays, there is a week’s holiday during Dussehra and Diwali. Apart from this, there are holidays in the Supreme Court for about two weeks in December.
Now if we talk about America, the Supreme Court there works only for 79 days in a year. Similarly, the Supreme Court of Britain works only for 189 days. The Supreme Court of Singapore works for 145 days, that of Bangladesh for 180 days and that of Australia for 97 days.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 2, 2024, 11:27 IST