Lok Sabha Probe Panel Finds Ex-Judge Yashwant Varma Guilty In Cash-At-Home Case

A
Lok
Sabha-appoi ted
i qui y
committee
has
fou d
fo me
Allahabad
High
Cou t
judge
Justice
Yashwa t
Va ma
guilty
of
misco duct
i
co ectio
with
the
discove y
of
bu t
cu e cy
otes
at
his
official
eside ce
i
Delhi,
acco di g
to
the
pa el’s
epo t.
The
fi di gs
a e
co tai ed
i
the
pa el’s
epo t,
which
details
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
the
ecove y
of
cash
f om
a
sto e oom
at
30,
Tughlaq
C esce t
a d
the
subseque t
ha dli g
of
the
mate ial
evide ce.

A ticle
I:
U explai ed
Cash
Fou d
At
Official
Reside ce

The
i qui y
committee
fou d
that
substa tial
qua tities
of
cu e cy
otes
i
the
de omi atio
of
Rs
2,500
we e
discove ed
i
the
sto e oom
located
withi
the
official
eside tial
p emises
at
30,
Tughlaq
C esce t,
New
Delhi.

The
pa el
co cluded
that
Va ma
failed
to
p ovide
a
satisfacto y
expla atio
co ce i g
the
p ese ce,
sou ce
o
ow e ship
of
the
cu e cy.

The
epo t
states:
“A ticle
I
is
p oved.
Substa tial
u explai ed
2500
de omi atio
cu e cy
otes
we e
fou d
i
the
sto e oom
situated
withi
the
official
eside tia
p emises
at
30,
Tughlaq
C esce t,
New
Delhi.
The
Judge
failed
to
fu ish
satisfacto y
expla atio
ega di g
the
p ese ce,
sou ce
o
ow e ship
the eof.”

A ticle
II:
Evide ce
Was
Not
P ope ly
P ese ved

The
committee
also
fou d
A ticle
II
p oved,
but
made
a
impo ta t
disti ctio
ega di g
the
missi g
cu e cy
otes.

Acco di g
to
the
pa el,
mate ial
evide ce
was
ot
secu ed
o
p ese ved
afte
the
cash
was
discove ed.
The
co ditio
of
the
sto e oom
was
allegedly
distu bed
befo e
the
p emises
could
be
lawfully
sealed
a d
i spected.

The
epo t
fu the
said
that
the
subseque t
disappea a ce
o
o -availability
of
the
cu e cy
otes
emai ed
u explai ed.

C ucially,
the
committee
said
its
fi di g
was
ot
based
o
p oof
that
Justice
Va ma
pe so ally
emoved
the
cu e cy.

A ticle
III:
Judge’s
Expla atio
Fou d
Evasive

The
thi d
cha ge
co ce ed
the
expla atio
p ovided
by
Justice
Va ma
i
espo se
to
the
discove y
of
the
cu e cy.

The
committee
fou d
that
A ticle
III
was
also
p oved,
co cludi g
that
Va ma’s
expla atio
did
ot
meet
the
sta da ds
of
ca dou ,
t a spa e cy
a d
i stitutio al
espo sibility
expected
i
the
ci cumsta ces.

The
pa el
specifically
exami ed
his
eply
dated
Ma ch
22,
2025,
as
well
as
the
positio
subseque tly
take
by
him.
It
fou d
these
expla atio s
evasive
a d
u satisfacto y
whe
assessed
agai st
the
testimo y
of
i depe de t
officials
a d
othe
co obo ati g
evide ce.

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