In A Historic First, Supreme Court Mandates Public Declaration Of Judges' Assets On Website

In a significant step towards transparency and boosting public confidence in the judiciary, the Supreme Court has mandated the public disclosure of the assets of the Judges.After a Full Court meeting led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, it has been decided that "Placing the declaration of assets on the Supreme Court website will be mandatory."Following this decision, the asset declarations of the twenty one Judges of the Supreme Court have been uploaded on the official website. Presently, the declarations of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, and twenty other judges, including the three judges who are next in line to be the CJI in the near future, have been uploaded.This move is after the Full Court meeting, led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna, on April 1, where all Judges agreed to make their declarations public. The decision came in the backdrop of controversy surrounding the alleged recovery of cash from the official premises of Justice Yashwant Varma, while serving as a Judge of the Delhi High Court.Previously, Supreme Court judges were required to submit their asset statements to the CJI, but these submissions remained confidential. There were some past instances of Judges voluntarily declaring their assets. But now, it has been made mandatory.The asset declarations :1CJI Sanjiv KhannaView2Justice BR GavaiView3Justice Surya KantView4Justice Abhay S. OkaView5Justice Vikram NathView6Justice J.K. Maheshwari7Justice B.V. Nagarathna8Justice M.M. SundreshView9Justice Bela M.TrivediView10Justice Pamidighantam Sri NarasimhaView11Justice Sudhanshu DhuliaView12Justice Jamshed Burjor PardiwalaView13Justice Dipankar Datta14Justice Pankaj MithalView15Justice Sanjay KarolView16Justice Sanjay KumarView17Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah18Justice Manoj Misra19Justice Rajesh BindalView20Justice Aravind Kumar21Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra22Justice K.V. ViswanathanView23Justice Ujjal BhuyanView24Justice S. Venkatanarayana BhattiView25Justice Satish Chandra Sharma26Justice Augustine George MasihView27Justice Sandeep MehtaView28Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale29Justice N. Kotiswar Singh30Justice R. Mahadevan31Justice ManmohanView32Justice K. Vinod ChandranView33Justice Joymalya BagchiThe asset statements can be found on the official website here.Also read - Supreme Court Publishes Appointment Process Of Judges, Details Of Collegium Recommendations From Nov 2022

In A Historic First, Supreme Court Mandates Public Declaration Of Judges' Assets On Website

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