Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has constituted a three-member committee to conduct an in-house inquiry into allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma, a sitting judge of the Delhi High Court. The committee comprises Punjab & Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia, and Karnataka High Court Judge Anu Sivaraman.
According to an official press release on Saturday, the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court has been directed not to assign any judicial work to Justice Varma while the inquiry is underway. The Supreme Court has also made available the report submitted by Delhi High Court Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya, Justice Varma’s response, and other related documents on its website.
Justice Varma, 56, is at the centre of a controversy following reports of a large sum of cash allegedly discovered at his official residence in Lutyens’ Delhi after a fire incident on March 14. The fire, which broke out at around 11:35 pm, led to the deployment of Delhi Fire Services (DFS) personnel to douse the flames. The incident was first reported by The Times of India, which claimed that the discovery of the cash prompted the Supreme Court collegium to consider transferring Justice Varma to another high court.
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