Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and 20 other judges of the Supreme Court on Monday made public their assets.
The assets of Justice B N Agrawal, who retired on 15th October, were also declared on the website on his special request, the apex court website said.
“The above declaration of assets is purely on voluntary basis,” the website said.
However, the details of the assets of Justice H S Bedi were not available.
The Supreme Court judges made their assets public exactly two months after the Delhi High Court on 2nd September held that the office of the CJI falls under the RTI Act and disclosure of assets of the apex court judges to him could be made public.
While the matter was pending before a Single Judge Bench, the Supreme Court judges had agreed to voluntarily declare their assets on the official website.
The CJI on 28th August had said that under the changed circumstances, all the judges, in an unanimous decision have agreed to disclose their assets.
“We are strictly following the May 7, 1997 resolution. The only thing is that we are not disclosing it to the public. Now because of the changed circumstances, we will put it on the website,” Balakrishnan had said.
He had said the disclosure would be strictly in accordance with the 1997 resolution and the assets relating to real estate and investments made even in the name of dependents would be put on the website.
However, the Supreme Court Registry on 5th October challenged the verdict of the Single Bench contending that all the information that the CJI has in his official capacity cannot be revealed under the Right to Information Act.
The division bench headed by Delhi High Court Chief Justice A P Shah has fixed 12th and 13th November to hear the appeal.
