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LS Speaker Om Birla reconstitutes panel to probe grounds for removal of Ju
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Om Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, has reconstituted the three-member inquiry committee tasked with examining the grounds for the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma.
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SC rejects Justice Yashwant Varma's plea challenging his removal proceedin
Updated : 2 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 : 2 months, 1 week 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 : 2 months, 2 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 : 2 months, 2 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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Burnt-Cash Recovery Case: What is Justice Yashwant Varma challenging now?
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Two weeks after the three-member Joint Inquiry Committee issued notice to Justice Yashwant Varma seeking his response to corruption charges that have triggered removal proceedings in the Parliament, the Allahabad High Court judge has moved the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the
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Judge Yashwant Varma faces impeachment motion over alleged cash haul: Lok
Updated : 7 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 : 7 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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"Procedure will be followed," says Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Justice Y
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that the three-member panel formed to investigate allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma will follow the proper process.
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Lok Sabha constitutes 3- member panel to probe allegations against Justice
Updated : 7 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 : 7 months, 2 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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SC rejects Justice Yashwant Varma's plea challenging the in-house inquiry
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined the plea of Justice Yashwant Varma Allahabad High Court challenging the in-house three-judge inquiry committee's report and former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna's recommendation to initiate impeachment proceedings against him.
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