Newly designate chief justice of India K.G.Balakrishnan speaks on his mobile phone at his residence in Cochin. Justice Balakrishnan replaced Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal in 2007.
While the CJI has no investment in shares and fixed deposits, the assets declared by him on the apex court's official website show that he has immoveable property worth over Rs 18.08 lakh, which excludes a house on 15 cents (about 6,525 sq feet) of land in Thrikkakara South village in Kerala, whose valuation was not mentioned in the declaration.
The declaration of the CJI and others climaxed months of controversy triggered by Right to Information (RTI) petitions seeking transparency about the assets of judges of the higher judiciary that culminated in a battle in the Delhi High Court.
JUDGES' ASSETS
CJI KG Balakrishnan: A Santro Car, 20 sovereigns of gold jewellery, three houses, two plots (immoveable property worth over Rs 18.08 lakh
Justice SH Kapadia: A flat in Mumbai worth Rs 20 lakh, moveable property of Rs 41.15 lakh, shares worth Rs 22 lakh
Justice Tarun Chatterjee: A Tavera SUV and a Honda Siel car, ancestoral property in Kolkata
Justice Altmas Kabir: Assets worth Rs 51.63 lakh, including a building in Kolkata
RV Raveendran: Movable and immovable properties worth Rs 38.61 lakh, including that in wife's name
The Supreme Court adopted a strident stand in the high court, saying the judges were not covered by such a provision, but later relented under mounting public and media pressure.
A MLA or MP or CM or PM or minsters or defance services or Judges or fellow civil services be it IAS or IPS or revenue officials or regulatory board authorities reqiure their own property , can the government can not look after them for their services,the band wagon of money laundering or corruption can only be stopped by bringing them in one platform with all amenities as per their position be granted.These officails should not have any property of their own nor their family to eradicate corruption.