In a major transfer to spice up transparency, the Supreme Court docket has begun uploading the asset declarations of its sitting judges on the court docket’s official web site. The asset particulars of 21 out of its 33 sitting judges are already on its official web site, together with data on actual property, movable property, gold, shares, and investments held by the judges, their spouses, and joint members of the family.

The disclosure additionally consists of the property of all 5 judges at present within the Collegium. In a press assertion, the highest court docket stated that the remaining judges’ asset particulars will probably be uploaded quickly.

This follows a full-court decision handed on April 1 to put such data within the public area. This can even apply to future judges.

The transfer comes within the wake of rising considerations over opacity within the judiciary, particularly after an issue surrounding the alleged discovery of burnt wads of money on the residence of Delhi Excessive Court docket decide Yashwant Varma following a fireplace incident.

This marks a major shift from earlier apply, the place asset declarations have been necessary solely to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) however non-obligatory for public disclosure.

Moreover, the highest court docket has additionally positioned the entire strategy of appointments to the Excessive Courts and the Supreme Court docket, together with the function assigned to the Excessive Court docket Collegium, the function of and inputs obtained from the state governments, central governments, consideration by the Supreme Court docket Collegium, and information on appointments made between November 2022 and Could 2025 on its web site for the information and consciousness of the general public.

With inputs from PTI