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In Re: Amount Of The Monthly Pension Of Judges And Justices

IN RE: AMOUNT OF THE MONTHLY PENSION OF JUDGES AND JUSTICES STARTING FROM THE SIXTH YEAR OF THEIR RETIREMENT AND AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE INITIAL FIVE-YEAR PERIOD OF RETIREMENT.

A.M. No. 90-9-019-SC | 1990-10-04

R E S O L U T I O N


REGALADO, J.:

The matter of the financial components of the monthly pension to be paid retired judges and justices was brought before the Court en banc by the Office of the Court Administrator in a memorandum filed by Court Administrator Meynardo A. Tiro on February 14, 1990 and in an urgent memorandum filed on August 16, 1990.

Republic Act No. 910, otherwise known as the Special Retirement Law of Judges and Justices and which took effect in 1935, granted a monthly pension for life to a judge or justice qualified to retire from the service. Under Section 3 thereof, upon retirement the retiree shall receive a...