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30. Disability allowance

30. Disability allowance:

(1) If a Judge is injured seriously or wounded in an accident in the course of performing his or her duties and has become incompetent to perform the functions of his or her office, such a Judge shall be entitled to the disability allowance as referred to in Sub-section (3), in addition to the pension set forth in Sub-section (2) during his or her life.

(2) If a Judge who has become incompetent pursuant to Subsection (1) has completed the period of service entitling to pension pursuant to Section 28, he or she shall be entitled to pension accordingly, and if such  a Judge has not completed such period of service, he or she shall be entitled to such remaining amount of pension as set by deducting the amount of pension on pro rata for the period that remains to complete that period. Provided that, in so making deduction, deduction shall not be made in excess of one part of the three parts of the minimum pension to which he or she may be entitled if the pensionable period of service is completed by him or her.

(3) The Judge who has become incompetent pursuant to Subsection (1) may be provided with a lump sum of Ten Thousand Rupees as a financial assistance taking into account of the circumstance.

(4) Such a Judge shall be entitled to the cent percent of the medical expenses incurred in the treatment of wound or injury sustained pursuant to Sub-section (1).

(5) The amount of the monthly disability allowance, in addition to the pension, receivable for disability pursuant to Sub-section (2), shall be as follows for the following disability:

Percentage of disability                                                                      Allowance percentage
100                                                                                                          Rs. 125.00
90                                                                                                            Rs. 112.50
80                                                                                                            Rs. 100.00
70                                                                                                             Rs. 87.50
60                                                                                                             Rs. 75.00                                                                                                                                                                          50                                                                                                              Rs. 62.50
40                                                                                                              Rs. 50.00
30                                                                                                              Rs. 37.50
20                                                                                                              Rs. 25.00

Explanation:

(a) Disability that is less than Twenty percent shall not be deemed to be disability.

(b) A Judge who has started getting the disability allowance becomes competent to assume his or her functions, he or she shall not be entitled to the disability allowance as referred to in this Section.

(6) If a Judge who is getting the disability allowance dies within Seven years after the date when he or she has started getting it, the amount  of disability allowance receivable by him or her for the period that remains to complete that Seven years shall be given as gratuity in lump sum to the person specified in Sub-section (1) of Section 29.

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