The Supreme Court will immediately directed to hear a case of closure of the GPF account of seven judges of the Patna High Court. When this issue was mentioned before the bench of CJI DY Chandrachud, he directed to conduct an urgent hearing. The matter will be taken up for hearing after two days i.e. on Friday. The CJI is currently hearing the Shiv Sena case. He will be very busy for the next two days. This is the reason why the Supreme Court agreed to hear the petition of seven judges after two days i.e. on Friday.

On behalf of the seven judges, their counsel mentioned the case before the Chief Justice of India. He said that the account of General Provident Fund (GPF) has been closed. The CJI immediately asked – Has the GPF account of the judges been closed? On whose behalf the writ has been filed. When the lawyer told that seven judges of Patna High Court have come to his court regarding the matter. The CJI immediately said that list the matter for hearing on Friday.

It is said that the issue of closure of the GPF accounts of the judges came to the fore recently. The matter was related to seven judges of the Patna High Court, due to which there was a stir in Bihar. After all the consultations, the seven judges decided that the matter should be taken before the Supreme Court. Thereafter the writ was filed. The kind of attitude DY Chandrachud has shown, it seems that the Supreme Court is going to give a sharp decision in this matter. The one whose mistake is found, it is sure to fall on him.

GPF is for government employees who are in service on or before December 31, 2003. In the scheme, government employees have to contribute at least 6% of their salary to GPF. In this, only a maximum of 5 lakh can be contributed in a financial year. No contribution is made by the government in GPF. The contribution made to GPF is also exempt under section 80C of income tax.