Article 221 of the Constitution of India

Verbatim text

High Court such salaries as may be determined byParliament by law and, until provision in that behalf isso made, such salaries as are specified in the Second Schedule.] (2) Every Judge shall be entitled to such allowances and to such rights in respect of leave of absence andpension as may from time to time be determined by orunder law made by Parliament and, until so determined,to such allowances and rights as are specified in the Second Schedule: Provided that neither the allowances of a Judge nor his rights in respect of leave of absence or pension shallbe varied to his disadvantage after his appointment.

What this means

The index files this text under article 221 of the Constitution of India.
The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER V.—T HE HIGH COURTS IN THE STATES”.
The row is titled “4[(1) There shall be paid to the Judges of each”.
The passage runs to about 104 words.
Read plainly, it mentions pay and pensions — it sets pay, salary, allowance or pension terms (the words used: “salaries”).

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