What is the relationship between the salaries of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and Judges of the Supreme Court?
The salaries of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India are equivalent to those of the Judges of the Supreme Court. The Comptroller and Auditor General's salary is set by s. 3 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971 (56 of 1971), which links it to the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court. The salary for these judges was raised to two lakh fifty thousand rupees per mensem by the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2018 (10 of 2018), s. 6 (w.e.f. 1-1-2016).