GANGTOK, September 4: After the landmark decision of Supreme Court judges to make their assets public, High Court of Sikkim judges are set to do the same which could possibly the first such decision in the Northeastern region.
Sources in the High Court of Sikkim informed that the asset details of High Court judges will be placed in the website of the court at the earliest.
High Court of Sikkim has a three bench Judge, Chief Justice Aftab H Saika, Justice AP Subba and Justice Sonam Pintso Wangdi.
It may be recalled that the Supreme Court of India judges had recently decided to make their assets public. The apex court had taken the decision during a full court meeting of its judges under the chairmanship of Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan.
The Supreme Court judges had passed a resolution that the details of their assets, which are already available with the office of the Chief Justice of India in varying formats, would be tabulated in a uniform format and placed on the apex court website at the earliest.
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