Justice Yashwant Varma Inquiry Report Tabled In Rajya Sabha Amid Cash Discovery Controversy

New
Delhi,
Aug
12
(PTI)
The
epo t
of
a
i qui y
committee
which
i vestigated
allegatio s
agai st
Justice
Yashwa t
Va ma
—
agai st
whom
emoval
p oceedi gs
we e
i itiated
ove
the
alleged
discove y
of
u accou ted
cash
f om
his
official
eside ce
—
was
tabled
i
Rajya
Sabha
o
Wed esday.

Sec eta y
Ge e al
P
C
Mody
tabled
the
two-volume
epo t
(E glish
a d
Hi di
ve sio s)
alo g
with
o al
a d
docume ta y
evide ce
eco ded
du i g
the
cou se
of
the
i vestigatio .

The
th ee-membe
p obe
pa el
had
submitted
its
fi di gs
to
Lok
Sabha
Speake
Om
Bi la
i
May.

The
Speake
had
co stituted
the
i qui y
committee
o
August
12,
2025,
to
p obe
the
alleged
discove y
of
wads
of
cash
f om
the
judge’s
Delhi
bu galow.

Acco di g
to
the
list
of
busi ess
of
the
Lok
Sabha
fo
Wed esday,
the
sec eta y
ge e al
of
the
Lowe
House
will
“lay”
the
two
volumes
of
the
epo t
alo g
with
o al
evide ce
i
the
House.

A
fi e
b oke
out
i
the
official
eside ce
of
Justice
Va ma
o
the
ight
of
Ma ch
14,
2025.
Fi efighte s
called
to
put
out
the
blaze
allegedly
discove ed
massive
amou ts
of
bu t
cu e cy
i
a
sto e oom.

Justice
Va ma
has
si ce
esig ed,
a d
emoval
p oceedi gs
agai st
him
have
vi tually
become
i f uctuous.
His
esig atio ,
howeve ,
has
ot
yet
bee
otified
by
the
law
mi ist y.

Justice
Va ma
was
a
judge
of
the
Delhi
High
Cou t
a d
was
epat iated
to
his
pa e t
cou t,
the
Allahabad
High
Cou t,
followi g
the
co t ove sy.

A
i -house
committee
co stituted
by
the
CJI
Sa jiv
Kha a
co cluded
that
Justice
Va ma
had
“active
o
tacit
co t ol”
ove
the
specific
sto e oom
whe e
the
cash
was
hidde .

I
July
2025,
ove
200
MPs
sig ed
a
motio
to
impeach
( emoval
by
Pa liame t)
the
judge.

I
August
last
yea ,
Bi la
the
co stituted
the
th ee-membe
Judges
I qui y
Committee
to
look
i to
the
cha ges.

Howeve ,
faci g
the
p ospect
of
bei g
emoved
by
Pa liame t,
Justice
Va ma
esig ed
as
a
judge
of
the
Allahabad
High
Cou t,
e de i g
the
impeachme t
p oceedi gs
agai st
him
“i f uctuous”.

People
awa e
of
the
p ocess
to
appoi t
a d
emove
Sup eme
Cou t
a d
high
cou t
judges
said
acco di g
to
a
top
cou t
judgme t,
a
judge
is
“deemed
to
have
esig ed”
o ce
he
o
she
te de s
esig atio
to
the
P eside t”
a d
“ci culates”
its
copy
(makes
it
public).

A
judge’s
esig atio
is
ot
“subject
to
accepta ce”
by
the
P eside t.

Acco di g
to
the
p ocedu e,
the
P eside t
gives
“fo mal
accepta ce”
followi g
which
it
is
otified
by
the
Depa tme t
of
Justice
i
the
Law
Mi ist y.

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