bdnews24.com :Judges of the Supreme Court will soon get a pay hike in accordance with the new pay scale, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said.”The salaries and judicial allowances of the justices will soon be increased in line with the eighth pay scale,” he said at a programme on Saturday. The government on Dec 15 published the gazette on the new pay structure through which the salaries of public servants saw a rise between 91 and 101 percent.The salaries of lower court judges were hiked in 2013. In October, the cabinet approved the draft law for raising the pay of the president, prime minister, cabinet members, lawmakers and SC judges.Speaking at the national judicial conference at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka, the law minister said, “This [salary adjustment] not only will financially benefit the justices, but will also upgrade their status.” President Md Abdul Hamid was the chief guest at the programme chaired by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith also attended the event.
