Polish Supreme Court allows academic teacher pension despite receiving retired judge allowance.

The Supreme Court dismissed the Social Insurance Institution's appeal against a lower court ruling granting a university teacher a pension. The Social Insurance Institution argued that Article 711 § 6 of the Common Courts Organization Act barred receiving both a retired judge's allowance and a pension. The court held that this provision only excludes pensions for those whose sole source of income is the judge's allowance, not for those with separate employment. Consequently, the pension right was confirmed as compatible with the judge's allowance.