In a trail-blazing move, the High Court of Kerala has become the first court in the country to post the details of the assets and liabilities of all its judges in the public domain.
Titled 'Assets & Liabilities (At a Glance)', the disclosure was uploaded on the court's official website on September 30, as promised by the registrar-general D Sivalabhan on August 28.
Kerala high court's disclosure has come after sustained pressure from pro-transparency activists as well as sections of the judiciary who insisted that judges of the Supreme Court and high courts should reveal details of their assets.
The simple and uncluttered disclosure format on the Kerala high court's website has two broad categories - 'Immovable Properties' and 'Movable Properties' against the name of the judge concerned. While the first two columns contain details on the extent of `Land' and `Buildings' owned by the judges, the remaining four columns talk about assets in terms of bank deposits including fixed deposits and savings bank, weight of gold and silver, vehicles and shares/mutual funds/others. Liabilities such as bank loans are described separately, below the tabular column.
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