புதுடில்லி : சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் தலைமை நீதிபதி கே.ஜி. பாலகிருஷ்ணன் மற்றும் நீதிபதிகள் 20 பேர் தங்கள் சொத்து கணக்கை, சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் வெப்சைட்டில் வெளியிட்டுள்ளனர். முழுக்க முழுக்க தானாக முன்வந்து நீதிபதிகள் தங்கள் சொத்து கணக்கை வெளியிட்டுள்ளனர் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. கடந்த மாதம் சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் நீதிபதி பதவியிலிருந்து ஓய்வுபெற்ற பி.என். அகர்வாலும் இந்த பட்டியலில் ஒருவர். நீதிபதி எச்.எஸ். பேடியின் பெயர் மட்டும் இந்த பட்டியலில் இருந்து விடுபட்டுள்ளது என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
The assets declared by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan were around Rs.18 lakhs, including his two-bedroom flat in Ernakulam worth Rs.5.75 lakh, his vacant residential plot in Faridabad measuring 444.44 sq yard valued at 4.50 lakh, and his native house in Thrikkakara South village in Kerala.
The CJI also declared other landed properties in Kerala, worth Rs.3.5 lakh and Rs.4.33 lakh. He said his wife has gold jewellery weighing 20 sovereigns and an old Santro car of 2000. He said he has no investment in shares or fixed deposits.
The apex court's second senior most judge, Justice S.H. Kapadia, appeared to be richer than the CJI.
Justice Kapadia put the value of his declared assets at over Rs.48 lakh. The declared assets include flats, buildings, shares, mutual funds, fixed deposits, provident funds. He said he owned no vehicle.
The third senior most judge, Justice Tarun Chatterjee, declared cash worth around Rs.3 lakh, but he said that he has other properties like vehicles, gold jewellery of his wife and some ancestral property in Kolkata. Justice Chatterjee's vehicles include a Chevrolet Tavera and a Honda Seil.
The court's fourth senor most judge, Justice Altamas Kabir declared assets of around Rs.80 lakh, including ancestral property, besides LIC policies and saving accounts.
The fifth senior most judge, Justice R.V. Raveendran, gave a detailed account of his assets running into five pages with the exact number of his shares, debentures etc.
According to the declaration, he owns shares in about 60 companies, including Reliance Group firms belonging to both Mukesh and Anil Ambani. He is also hearing a case on gas supply disputes between the firms of the two Ambani brothers and the government.
The only sitting judge who could not declare his assets along with others was Justice H.S. Bedi.
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