Supreme Court judges to declare their assets

Perhaps a good move after all ! Under Judges Assets Bill, failure to declare or misdeclaration of assets would be deemed misconduct. Misconduct is a ground to remove a judge.

But, there is also a possibility that people can misuse the information to intimidate good judges!

I also strongly agree with Mr Suresh on what he said. Though various provisions of the Constitution  ensure the independence of the judiciary from top to bottom level, the present system of total control vested in the executive in the matter of budgetary allocation to the judiciary matters. If such is the case then how a judge feel independent of the executive ? If sufficient salaries are not paid to the members of the judiciary which occupies a pivotal position in the Constitution, that would definitely deteriorate their dignity and confidence! 

In my opinion, there could have been done more exercise of thought in regards to the independent powers of judiciary and its financial hurdles!

I am curious to see how, when & who has poked this issue at first? Please share your thoughts if possible ...

 Mr. Agarwal

The topic in this forum is on declaration of asset. 

your point on dealy will be addressed if accountability of judges (2nd part of my reply) is brought in. Also view my topic below

https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/message_display.asp?group_id=8736

"Recently, the Delhi High Court calculated that, with its present strength, it will take no less than 464 years to clear all pending cases. In large states like Uttar Pradesh, with a large number of cases, it could then take a millennium.

 I read that a case in Calcutta is pending for 175 years.

I just read it .. here is the story line!

"The wheels of Indian justice grind slowly, but there are times when they don't move at all — as has happened with the record-breaking case of an erstwhile Bengali royal family's proverty. The matter, which is now in the Calcutta High Court, has been pending for 175 years, making it perhaps the country's longest-running case.



The property belonged to Raja Rajkrishna Deb, a 17th-century landlord of Bengal's Shovabazar royal family. Now, the Raja's descendents — some 200 of them — are demanding it.



The stakes are high — some seven mansions in north Kolkata, nearly 100,000 acres of land in what is now Bangladesh, large tracts of land in at least three districts of West Bengal, and half of erstwhile Sutanati, one of the three villages that make up modern Kolkata.



But all this is still in the hands of a court-appointed receiver. "We are kings in name only. There is no money even to take care of the temples and do puja," a descendent of the raja told TOI. Incidentally, the Shovabazar Durga Puja is an institution in Kolkata.



The problems began when Raja Rajkrishna Deb died in 1823, bequeathing his estate to his seven surviving sons. But the sons started selling off property to fund their luxurious lifestyles.



The matter first came to court in 1833, when an executor of Rajkrishna Deb's will lodged a case to try to stop the sale. After pondering the case for 22 years, the judges appointed a British lawyer to oversee the property and the case dragged on.



Now the heirs want it back but legal experts say it won't be easy for the high court to take a decision on a case file that's been gathering dust for nearly two centuries. National and state boundaries have since changed and a substantial portion of the land once owned by Raja Rajkrishna Deb is now in Bangladesh."

Mr Anil Agarwal is right on both the counts. Sane approach.