New Delhi, July 02: Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today said there was no need put the assets of judges in public domain as it would send a “wrong message” to litigants.
“Judges do declare their assets at the time of taking oath. All their details are with the registrar. There is no need for the assets to be disclosed before the public as that would send a wrong message to litigants,” Justice Balakrishnan told CNN-IBN news channel.
He was responding to a question regarding Law Minister M Veerappa Moily’s call for disclosure of judges’ assets to the public.
The Minister had last week said that the government would soon bring a bill to make it mandatory for the Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts to declare their assets.
–PTI