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FDs to PPF, houses to stocks: Supreme Court makes its judges’ assets public
On April 1, the Supreme Court judges, in a full court meeting, decided to declare their assets and publish it on the website of the court.
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna. (File Photo)
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has Rs 55.75 lakh in fixed deposits and bank accounts and Rs 1.06 crore in Public Provident Fund (PPF) while Justice B R Gavai, who will take over as CJI on May 14, has Rs 19.63 lakh in bank accounts and Rs 6.59 lakh in his PPF account.
These are among their list of assets uploaded on the Supreme Court’s official website Monday night.
Among their landed properties, CJI Khanna has a two-bedroom DDA flat in South Delhi besides a four-bedroom flat in the Commonwealth Games Village. He also has 56 per cent share in a four-bedroom flat in Gurugram with his daughter holding the remaining 44 per cent, apart from a share in an ancestral house, dating from before Partition, in Himachal Pradesh.
Justice Gavai has inherited a house in Amravati, Maharashtra, besides residential apartments in Mumbai and Delhi. He has also inherited agricultural land in Amravati and Nagpur, according to the list. He has also declared liabilities to the tune of Rs 1.3 crore.
On April 1, the Supreme Court judges, in a full court meeting, decided to declare their assets and publish it on the website of the court.
The assets of as many as 21of the 33 judges were listed on the Supreme Court website Monday night. The declared details, besides details of individual holdings, also include those of spouse and dependents, if any.
Justice A S Oka, who is due for retirement on May 24, has among his assets Rs 92.35 lakh in PPF, Rs 21.76 lakh in FD, a 2022 model Maruti Baleno car and a car loan of Rs 5.1 lakh.
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Justice Vikram Nath has declared a 2-BHK apartment in Noida, a bungalow in Allahabad and inherited agricultural land in Uttar Pradesh. He also has Rs 1.5 crore in investments.
Justice Surya Kant, the website shows, has residential properties that he jointly owns with his spouse in Chandigarh, Gurugram and Delhi. His investments include 31 FD receipts, including interest, totalling Rs 6.03 crore.
Justice Bela M Trivedi has a house at Dipti Bank of India Society, Gulbai Tekra, Ahmedabad besides one under construction in Neetibaug Judges Cooperative Society, Ahmedabad. She has Rs 60 lakh in mutual funds, Rs 20 lakh in PPF besides jewellery worth Rs 50 lakh and a 2015 Maruti Swift car.
Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia has a 2008 Maruti Zen Estilo car which is presently not in use and lying idle in Dehradun. His assets list notes that “all immovable properties mentioned here are prior to my becoming a judge and there is no addition to it”.
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Justice Sanjay Kumar has a detailed stock portfolio. His list of stocks include Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Cholamandalam Finance Ltd, HCL Infosystems Ltd, HCL Technologies Ltd, HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd, Infosys Ltd, ITC Ltd, NMDC Ltd, Olectra Greentech Ltd, Reliance Industries Ltd, Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd, State Bank of India, Steel Authority of India Ltd, Tata Communications Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, Tata Motors Ltd, Tata Steel, Vedanta Ltd, Jio Finance Ltd, Vijaya Diagnostic Centre Ltd, ITC Hotels and NMDC Steel Ltd.
Justice K V Viswanathan, who was a successful lawyer until he was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court in May 2023, has investments totalling Rs 120.96 crore and paid income tax of Rs 91.47 crore from 2010-11 to 2024-25.
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