Supreme Court confirms cash found at Delhi HC Judge Yashwant Varma’s residence during fire, releases video footage

Justice Varma, in his official response to Chief Justice Upadhyaya has denied the allegations.

“I’d beseech you to bear in consideration that no forex was recovered from the premises that we really occupy and use as a household,” he stated.

The report was launched hours after Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna constituted a three-member committee to probe the allegations towards the HC choose.

A launch from the Supreme Court stated the Chief Justice of the Delhi Excessive Court “in the interim has been requested to not assign any judicial work” to Justice Varma.

“The Chief Justice of India has constituted a 3 member Committee consisting of Mr. Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the Excessive Court of Punjab & Haryana, Mr. Justice G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice of the Excessive Court of Himachal Pradesh, and Ms. Anu Sivaraman, Judge of the Excessive Court of Karnataka, for conducting an inquiry into the allegations towards Mr. Justice Yashwant Varma, a sitting Judge of the Excessive Court of Delhi,” the discharge said.

It stated the report submitted by the Chief Justice of Delhi Excessive Court in addition to the response of Justice Varma “and different paperwork” will likely be uploaded on the court docket web site.

The choice to nominate the committee adopted the submission Friday of a fact-finding report back to the CJI by Delhi Excessive Court Chief Justice D Okay Upadhyaya.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court Collegium had proposed Justice Varma’s switch to the Allahabad Excessive Court, his dad or mum Excessive Court, following a report concerning the alleged discovery of cash at his residence when a fireplace broke on the market on March 14.

Extremely-placed sources stated the five-member Collegium unanimously resolved to suggest Justice Varma’s switch after the judges had been apprised a couple of video of the incident.

In a press release Friday, the Supreme Court Registry stated the Collegium’s “proposal for the switch of Mr Justice Yashwant Varma, who’s the second senior most Judge within the Delhi Excessive Court and a member of the Collegium, to his dad or mum Excessive Court i.e. the Excessive Court of Judicature at Allahabad, the place he will likely be ninth in seniority” was “unbiased and separate from the in-house enquiry process” initiated by the Chief Justice of Delhi Excessive Court upon receiving details about the incident.

Whereas noting the “misinformation and rumours being unfold” relating to the incident at the residence of Justice Varma, the assertion stated the report by the HIgh Court Chief Justice “will likely be examined and processed for additional and vital motion”. Subsequently, the report was submitted to the CJI late Friday night.