CJI Constitutes 3-Member Committee For Inquiry Against Justice Yashwant Varma Over Cash Stash Row
Chief Justice of Delhi High Court has also been asked not to assign any judicial work to Justice Yashwant Varma.;
The Chief Justice of India has constituted a 3-member committee to conduct an inquiry into the allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma, Judge of the Delhi High Court, as part of the in-house procedure.The members of the Committee are - Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court; Justice GS Sandhawalia, Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh;...
The Chief Justice of India has constituted a 3-member committee to conduct an inquiry into the allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma, Judge of the Delhi High Court, as part of the in-house procedure.
The members of the Committee are - Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court; Justice GS Sandhawalia, Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh; and Justice Anu Sivaraman, Judge of the High Court of Karnataka.
Chief Justice of Delhi High Court has also been asked not to assign any judicial work to Justice Yashwant Varma.
The action was taken after the Delhi High Court Chief Justice DK Upadhyay submitted a report to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna based on the preliminary inquiry into the allegations of discovery of unaccounted cash from the premises of the official residence of Justice Varma.
The report of Delhi HC CJ, the response of Justice Yashwant Varma and other related documents have been uploaded on the Supreme Court website.
The Supreme Court Collegium is also considering a proposal to transfer Justice Varma to the Allahabad High Court (his parent High Court).
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