CJI, Other SC Judges Declare Assets
Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan and 20 other judges of the Supreme Court has declared their assets.
According to declaration, Chief Justice Balakrishnana owns a Santro Car and 20 sovereigns of gold jewellery as moveable property and three houses and two plots as immovable assets.
The asset declared on the apex court’s official website shows that he has no investment in shares and fixed deposits and that he has immovable property worth over Rs 18.08 lakh which excludes the house on 15 cents of land in Thrikkakara south village, Kanayanur Taluk in Kerala, valuation of which was not mentioned in the declaration.
Thus, the declaration assets by the CJI and others has climaxed months of controversy triggered by right to information petitions seeking transparency about the assets of judges of higher judiciary that culminated in a battle in the Delhi High Court.
