'It is a good thing and a step taken in the right direction,' said Nitya Ramakrishnan, another Supreme Court lawyer.

The apex court took the decision Wednesday at a full court meeting of its judges presided over by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan.

The judges 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.

The meeting that lasted for over two hours saw unanimous consensus that this should be done at the earliest, sources said.

The judges felt that as they had already been declaring the assets to the chief justice of India, they hardly had anything to hide.

Accordingly, there was no point in giving an impression that the judicial fraternity of the apex court was against disclosing their assets, the sources said.