KOCHI: The judges of the High Court of Kerala, including Chief Justice S R Bannurmath, have declared their assets and made it public on Tuesday. The details of the assets have been published on www.highcourtofkerala.nic.in, website of High Court.
As per the details published on the website, Chief Justice S R Bannurmath has 2413.54 sq m land on Bannurmath Road, Janglipet in Dharwad district. He also owns 1,307 sq m of land on the backyard of the main house at Bannurmath Road and a 60 ft x 100 ft building at Yelehanka in Bangalore.
The Chief Justice and his family does not have their own vehicles. He has a total bank deposit of Rs 13,05,106 in three banks. He also possesses 255 sq m of residential building and another one of 4,100 sq m at Judicial Officers Lay Out, Bangalore. There is no land in the name of his wife Shailaja S Bannurmath, but she has a bank deposit of Rs 9,23,357 lakh in two banks and 945 gm of gold and one carat diamond in ear-studs. The Bannurmath family does not have any liabilities.
Justice V Giri and his wife Latha Giri have the highest amount as bank deposit.
The Justice has Rs 51,49,000 as fixed and savings bank deposits. His wife has Rs 49,70,000 as fixed deposit and Rs 3.75 lakh as savings bank deposit. Justice Kurian Joseph has the lowest amount as bank deposit. His bank deposit is only Rs 6,336. At the same time he has liabilities of Rs 25 lakh.
Justice A K Basheer is the biggest land- owner. He owns 28.87 acres of land at Virajpet in Karnataka.
The details of assets of all 33 judges of the High Court are available on the website, said D Sreevallabhan, Registrar, High Court