Supreme Court judges' wealth shared online

posted at Ndtv 26 days ago

Interestingly, the list also includes the Chief Justice of India, who was initially reluctant to declare wealth. The assets of judges can be accessed on Supreme Court website. This follows recent resolution by the judges of Supreme Court to make their assets public. The decision to make it public was taken last week after CJI K G Balakrishnan and other judges finalised the details of their

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Chronology of assets declaration issue

posted at Dnaindia 26 days ago

New Delhi: Following is the chronology of events in the run up to declaration of assets by Supreme Court Judges: Nov 11, 2007: RTI activist Subhash C Aggarwal files plea in the Supreme Court seeking information on judges' assets. Jan 6, 2009: CIC asks SC to disclose information on Judges' assets on the ground that CJI's office comes .. more »

CJI, Supreme Court judges declare wealth, finally

posted at Hindustantimes 26 days ago

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan owns two homes in Kerala and drives a 2000 model Santro. These details of his wealth and those of 21 of his colleagues in the Supreme Court (SC) were put up “voluntarily” on the court website on Monday. The revelation came after 12 years of resistance to the 1997 resolution — that all .. more »

Apex court judges declare assets

posted at ExpressBuzz 27 days ago

NEW DELHI: Bowing to popular demand and complying with a Delhi High Court ruling, the Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Monday declared their assets. Justice B.N. Agrawal, who retired from the apex court on Oct 15 this year, too joined the 21 sitting apex court judges in declaring their assets. Though the .. more »

HC admits SC's appeal on judges assets

posted at Hindustantimes 26 days ago

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday admitted an appeal filed by the Supreme Court challenging its order which had held that the office of Chief Justice of India comes within the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act and constituted a special three-judge bench to decide the issue. A bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice S Murlidhar .. more »

Supreme Court judges declare assets

posted at Asianetindia 26 days ago

Assets of Justice B N Agrawal, who retired last month, are also available on SC’s The decision to make the assets public was taken last week after CJI K G Balakrishnan and other judges finalised the details of their assets during the Dusshera and Diwali festivals with some of them availing the services of professional chartered accountants .. more »