The cabinet has approved a new pay scale for the judicial service, with changes similar to the eighth pay scale for public servants.
The nod came at a regular cabinet meeting yesterday, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Judges would get their new basic salaries from July 2015 and other allowances from July 2016 – similar to how civil servants are getting paid under the new scale, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam told reporters.
According to the new structure, the basic salary of a senior district judge will be equal to that of a secretary. Their new pay scale will be Tk78,000 from previous Tk40,000.
The basic pay of a district judge will be Tk70,925 to Tk76,350, up from Tk36,000 to Tk39,600.
The basic salary of an additional district judge will be Tk62,350 from the previous Tk32,000, and joint district judges will get Tk54,370 instead of the previous Tk28,000.
A senior assistant judge will be paid Tk44,450 from Tk23,000 and an assistant judge will get Tk30,935 from previous Tk16,000.
Basic salaries of senior district judge will see a 95% raise, district judge 97%, additional district judge 94.84%, joint district judge 94.18%, senior assistant judge 93.26% and assistant judge 93.34%, Shafiul said.
He said pension facility for the judicial service will also be raised to 90% from the previous 80% in light of the eight national pay scale.
They will also get 20% of basic as bonus for Pohela Boishakh festival and other allowances.