New Delhi, Sep 2 - The Supreme Court may challenge a ruling by the Delhi High Court Wednesday that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a public authority to assess judges' assets and falls under the purview of the Right to Information Act, top apex court officials said.

'We have just received the copy of the high court judgment. We are examining it at present. It will take a few days before we can say what to do with it,' Supreme Court Secretary General M.P. Bhadran told IANS.

Though Bhadran refused to categorically say what would be the apex court registry's future action, other senior court officials said the Supreme Court 'may have to sit in judgment over the high court ruling.'

The apex court's officials say the issue that needs to be settled is whether the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) fell in the purview of the Right to Information Act (RTI). Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan is opposed to the view.

'In the name the transparency, the office of the chief justice could not be stripped naked,' an official said.

A Delhi High Court bench Wednesday ruled: 'The CJI is a public authority under the RTI Act.