Question : DECLARATION OF ASSETS BY JUDGES



(a) whether the Government has examined the judgement of the Delhi High Court with regard to the disclosure of information by the Judges of higher judiciary about their assets and liabilities;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to amend the Right to Information Act making it mandatory for the judiciary to make public about their assets and liabilities with a view to providing greater transparency in improving the iunctioning of the judiciary; and

(d) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto alongwith the number of Supreme Court and High Court judges who have declared their assets so far?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE(DR. M. VEERAPPA MOILY)

(a) to (d) The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.