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SC rejects Justice Yashwant Varma's plea challenging his removal proceedin
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Disagreeing with Justice Varma's contention, a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih ruled that there is nothing in the Inquiry Act to suggest that rejection of a motion in one House would render the other House incompetent to proceed in accordance with law.
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Cash Burnt Case: Justice Varma files response before parliamentary panel,
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Last week, the Supreme Court of India reserved judgment on Justice Varma's writ petition challenging the legality of the parliamentary committee constituted under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.
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Burnt cash recovery row: Can Rajya Sabha Chairman's absence derail removal
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The query arose during an exchange between the Bench and counsel appearing for Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, on the scope of the Deputy Chairman's powers to act as Chairman and decide on the admission (or rejection) of a removal motion in the latter's absence.
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Burnt-cash recovery case: Justice Varma claims Parliamentary-panel invalid
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday demurred on Justice Yashwant Varma's claim that the Committee, which was formed by the Parliament to probe corruption charges against the Allahabad High Court judge, is unsustainable, as the motion that led to its formation was admitted only in the Lok Sabha
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Judge Yashwant Varma faces impeachment motion over alleged cash haul: Lok
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The motion, signed by 146 MPs, was accepted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who announced the formation of a three-member panel to investigate the allegations against Justice Varma.
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"Action will follow committee report on Justice Varma's impeachment": BJP
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, BJP MP Mishra said, "...The committee will conduct an investigation and submit its report, and that report will be presented in the House. Thereafter, action will be taken as per the rules..."
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Lok Sabha constitutes 3- member panel to probe allegations against Justice
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Birla accepted the motion signed by 146 MPs for impeachment of Justice Yashwant Varma.
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Why did SC dismiss Justice Yashwant Varma's plea?
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
While rejecting Justice Varma's plea, a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan reasoned that Justice Varma's conduct in having knocked the top-court's door only after the completion of the in-house proceedings that led to the initiation of an impeachment motion against him, did no
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Lapses in in-house probe won't affect Parliament's powers to take action:
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that even if there have been any lapses in the in-house inquiry procedure in Justice Yashwant Varma's case, the same won't affect the Parliament to take action against the Allahabad High Court judge.
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SC asks Justice Varma why he didn't challenge in-house probe prior to appe
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
he Supreme Court on Monday posed various questions to Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma while hearing his plea challenging the in-house inquiry panel procedure leading to the initiation of impeachment proceedings against him following the recovery of half-burnt cash from his
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CJI BR Gavai will not hear Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea challenging his r
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The CJI reasoned that it would not be appropriate for him to hear the matter as he was part of the conversation regarding the controversy surrounding Justice Varma.
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"Shocking, ruling party should appoint him back": Congress MP Akhilesh Sin
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Congress leader remembered his last meeting with VP Dhankar, claiming he met him at 5:30 on Monday, just a few hours before the official letter of resignation was released by the VP on social media. He said that the VP had discussed the issue regarding Justice Varma, who was indicted
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