'Though I do not want to embarrass the judiciary, the law will have to be enacted to protect the judges' interests,' he added.

On Aug 3, Moily had to withdraw from the Rajya Sabha the Judges (Declaration of Assets and Liabilities) Bill, 2009, as MPs took exception to the provision that judges could disclose their asserts only to chief justices of the high courts and the Supreme Court or to the president.

The bill, however, provided that details of judges' assets could be accessed by various investigative agencies for probing cases of judicial misconduct, impropriety or corruption.