Supreme Court Judges to Declare Assets for Transparency and Accountability

Supreme Court Judges to Declare Assets for Transparency and Accountability

Last Updated Apr - 03 - 2025, 04:37 PM | Source : Fela News

The Supreme Court has mandated judges, including CJI Sanjiv Khanna, to declare their assets before assuming office and disclose substantial acquisitions during

The Supreme Court judges have  recently come to a conclusion of declaring their means before assuming the office. also, indeed in office, if any substantial nature of accession is made, it should be disclosed to the Chief Justice of India( CJI). This was done in an trouble to  ensure  translucence and strengthen public trust in the bar by promoting responsibility among judges. 

 As  multitudinous as thirty judges, including Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, have submitted their  declarations of means. 

 The full court of the Supreme Court had resolved that judges should make a  declaration of their means on assuming office, and whenever any accession 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 means on the Supreme Court website will be on a voluntary base," the SC website said. 

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