Supreme Court publishes assets of 21 judges, says more to come

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In a near midnight move at absolute transparency, the Supreme Court on Monday (May 5, 2025) published the assets of 21 of a total of its 33 serving judges. The publication comes a few days before the superannuation of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on May 13.

The court has also published the complete process of appointments to the High Courts and Supreme Court including the role assigned to the High Court Collegium, the role and inputs received from the State Governments, Government of India, and consideration by the Supreme Court Collegium, on its website for knowledge and awareness of the public.

The proposals approved by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointments as High Court Judges during the period, November 9, 2022 to May 5, 2025, including the names, High Court, source – whether from the judicial service or Bar, date of recommendation by the Supreme Court Collegium, date of notification by Department of Justice, date of appointment, special category (SC/ST/OBC/Minority/Woman), and whether the candidate is related to any sitting or retired High Court/Supreme Court Judge, have also been uploaded on the Supreme Court website.

“The Full Court of the Supreme Court had on April 1, 2025 decided that the statement of assets of the judges of the court should be placed in the public domain by uploading the same on its website. Statements of assets of Judges already received are being uploaded. Statement of assets of other Judges will be uploaded as and when the current statement of assets is received,” the court’s release said.