SC judges to disclose their assets

Under mounting public pressure,the judges of the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to make public their assets,an issue that had been haunting higher judiciary for quite some time.

“A decision in principle has been taken on the issue at a meeting convened by Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and the details of the assets to be declared by the judges would be put on the Supreme Court website,” a top apex court source said after the two-hour deliberations.

The decision comes after months of public debate over making public the details of higher judiciary,especially the apex court judges and their families,ever since the Right to Information law triggered a clamour on the issue.