Supreme Court Judges Property: The judges of the Supreme Court have made public information about their property. This decision was taken in the meeting of all the judges on 1 April. Now information about the property of 33 judges including Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna, the next Chief Justice BR Gavai has been uploaded on the Supreme Court website. The judges have made public information about all the things like flats/houses, ancestral property, bank accounts, jewelry of themselves and their family.
Talking about Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna, he has a 3 bedroom flat in South Delhi, Delhi’s Commonwealth Games Village has 4 bedroom flats with 2 parking, 56% in a flat in Gurugram, their part in ancestral property in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh. The Chief Justice has also made public information like his bank account, PF account, stock, gold. He has also informed about the property of wife and family.
Gawai’s property is going to be the next Chief Justice
Similarly, Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai, who is going to become the senior most judge and Chief Justice from May 14, has also told that he has a house and agricultural land in Amravati, Maharashtra, which he inherited from his heavenly father. He has flats in Bandra in Mumbai and Defense Colony in Delhi. Along with this, they also have agricultural land in Nagpur. Apart from his bank account, property like his bank account, gold, he has also informed about his wife’s property.
Property data of all 33 judges available on the website
Information about the property of all 33 judges is available on the Supreme Court website. It is believed that this step has been taken to maintain the trust of the people amid discussions related to corruption in the judiciary. The proposal passed in the full court meeting of the judges regarding the announcement of property will also be applicable for the future.