Chief Justice, Supreme Court Judges to make declaration of assets public

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Supreme Court Judges.
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In a bid to ensure transparency, Supreme Court Judges have agreed to make declaration of their assets public on assuming office.

All 33 Supreme Court judges, including the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, agreed in a full court meeting held on April 1 to make their assets public on the official Supreme Court website.

Placing the declaration of assets on the Supreme Court website will be on a voluntary basis, the Supreme Court website said.

“The full court of the Supreme Court had resolved that judges should make a declaration of their assets on assuming office, and whenever any acquisition of a substantial nature is made, to the Chief Justice.”

“This also includes declaration(s) by the Chief Justice of India. Placing the declaration of assets on the Supreme Court website will be on a voluntary basis,” the SC website said.

Earlier, the Judges were submitting details of their assets to the CJI. 

The decision to publish their assets has come in the wake of recent controversy regarding the finding of half-burnt cash in the residential premises of a High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma.

The assets would be published once the modalities are finalised