New Delhi (12.07.2024): Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra on Thursday summoned Chief Secretaries and Finance Secretaries of sixteen states and asked them to be physically present in the court as they could not ensure disbursal of pensions and other pending amount of judicial officers on time.

The bench said: "We are not sending them to jail. They should be present and file affidavit. They should be physically present." The bench said that states have been given seven chances for implementation but still the complete implementation has not been done. Therefore, Chief Secretaries should be physically present or this Court may start the contempt proceeding.