JUSTICE V.S. DAVE PRESIDENT Vs. KUSUMJIT SIDHU

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Vs. Union of India, Writ Petition (C) No. 521 of 2002, decided on 31.03.2014.

(2.) On consideration of the stand taken by the States in their counter affidavits/responses, the following directions are issued in respect of each of the respondents-States:

(3.) The State of Jharkhand has Not implemented the directions contained in paragraphs 33 and 34 of the judgment and order dated 31.03.2014 passed by this Court in Writ Petition (C) No. 521 of 2002 [P. Ramakrishnam Raju Vs. Union of India and Ors] and other connected matters. This is on the basis of a letter dated 16.04.2013 of the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. We have read and considered the said letter and the provisions of the High Court's Judges (Salary and conditions of Service) Act 1954. The post retrial benefits covered by the directions in paragraphs 33 and 34 of the judgment and order dated 31.03.2014 have No connection With the provisions of the Act mentioned above. Therefore, the letter of the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India dated 16.4.2013 can Not be a sound basis for Non-implementation of the said directions of the Court. We, accordingly, give four weeks time, from today, to the State of Jharkhand to implement the directions as extracted above by framing an appropriate scheme effective from the date of expiry of six months from the order dated 31.03.2014 i.e. 30th Sept., 2014.