How does the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956 affect the salaries of certain judges?
The Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956 affects the salaries of certain judges by providing for a special pay or allowance to be paid in addition to their regular salary. If a judge who was immediately before the commencement of the Act was drawing a salary at a higher rate than specified in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, they would be entitled to receive an amount equivalent to the difference between the salary so specified and the salary they were drawing immediately before such commencement as special pay. This provision also applies to judges who became Chief Justices or other Judges after the Act's commencement but were holding office in a High Court of a State specified in Part B of the First Schedule before the Act. These judges will receive the same amount as an allowance in addition to their regular salary while serving as Chief Justices, as they were receiving immediately before the Act's commencement.