The Supreme Court judges have agreed to explain the details of their assets. This decision was taken in a meeting of judges held in the country’s apex court.
In this meeting, 30 judges, including Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna, agreed to make public the details of their property on the official website of the Supreme Court. According to the Supreme Court website, in the meeting held on 1 April, the judges pledged that whenever a judge would take over or take over an important responsibility, he will have to declare the details of his property before the Chief Justice. Till now, according to a 1997 proposal, judges of the Supreme Court had to declare their assets before the Chief Justice. A decision of 2009 allowed voluntary disclosure of properties on the court website.
Five judges including CJI declared assets
The judges who have declared their assets among Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna, Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gawai, Justice B.V. Nagaratna, Justice Vikram Nath and Justice J.K. Maheshwari is also included. The entire set of announcements will be uploaded on the Supreme Court website. It is noteworthy that the Supreme Court has taken this step after the incident of Justice Yashwant Verma. Recently, after a fire broke out at the residence of Delhi High Court Judge Yashwant Verma, it was alleged that a large amount of burnt notes were found from his house.
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