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
Supreme Court to hear plea of Justice Yashwant Varma of Allahabad High Court on July 28, challenging the in-house three-judge inquiry committee's report and former CJI Sanjiv Khanna's recommendation to initiate impeachment proceedings against him.
"The motion for the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma will be raised in the Lok Sabha, and then subsequently, it will be concurred by the Rajya Sabha. All political parties have agreed that the removal of Justice Yashwant Verma has to be a joint call," Rijiju told reporters here.
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.
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
With MPs in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha giving notices for motion to remove Justice Yashwant Varma, who was indicted by an in-house inquiry committee after semi-burnt wads of cash were found from his residence following a fire incident, a committee is likely to be constituted to probe
According to sources, more than 100 Members of Parliament have signed the impeachment motion draft, which will be brought against Justice Yashwant Varma in Parliament.
Justice Yashwant Varma of Allahabad High Court has approached the Supreme Court challenging the in-house three-judge inquiry committee's report and former CJI Sanjiv Khanna's recommendation to initiate impeachment proceedings against him.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has expressed hope that a FIR will be registered over allegations of discovery of unaccounted cash at residence of Justice Yashwant Varma during a fire incident when he was a judge of Delhi High Court and said there is need to go into the root of the mat
After interviewing 55 witnesses and reviewing digital, forensic, and circumstantial evidence, the judicial panel concluded that the misconduct was "serious enough to call for the initiation of proceedings for removal" of Justice Yashwant Varma.