The Chief Justice of India has constituted a 3-member committee to conduct an inquiry into the allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma, Sitting Judge of the Delhi High Court, as part of the in-house procedure.
The Committee’s members are Justice Sheel Nagu, the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court; Justice GS Sandhawalia, the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court; and Justice Anu Sivaraman, a judge in the Karnataka High Court.
Following a preliminary investigation into the claims of finding undeclared cash from Justice Varma’s official house, Chief Justice DK Upadhyay of the Delhi High Court presented a report to Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna.
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The Supreme Court website is being updated with the Delhi High Court Chief Justice’s report, Justice Yashwant Varma’s answer, and other pertinent papers.
Additionally, a plan to move Justice Varma to the Allahabad High Court—his parent High Court—is being considered by the Supreme Court Collegium.
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