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NEW DELHI: The three-member committee headed by SC justice Aravind Kumar, which was looking into allegations of corruption against Allahabad HC justice Yashwant Varma, submitted its study to LS Speaker Om Birla Monday.
While Varma sent his resignation to President Murmu past month, his sanction continues to fig among judges of Allahabad HC connected its portal and an authoritative notification is yet to beryllium published regarding his departure. These suggest Parliament whitethorn see the study to research further enactment against him erstwhile it meets during the Monsoon session.Varma study to beryllium laid successful Parliament successful owed people Under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, Parliament tin instrumentality up a question for removal of lone serving judges.
“The judges’ enquiry committee, investigating allegations concerning Justice Yashwant Varma, submitted its study to Speaker Om Birla today. The report, which was presented successful accordance with the statutory requirements nether the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, volition beryllium laid earlier some Houses of Parliament successful owed course,” an LS secretariat connection said.
The committee was constituted nether the Act by Birla aft implicit 150 MPs crossed enactment lines had submitted successful July past twelvemonth a question to this effect.
However, erstwhile LS caput wide P D TAchary said a judge’s resignation is effectual from the clip it is sent to the President and request not necessitate to beryllium formally accepted. Varma was indicted by a committee constituted by past CJI Sanjiv Khanna pursuing the find of a ample magnitude of charred and partially burnt wads of currency notes astatine his authoritative premises successful March 2025, archetypal reported by TOI.
Bombay HC CJ Shree Chandrashekhar and Karnataka HC elder advocator B V Acharya were the 2 different members of the committee tasked with probing the charges. At the clip of the currency discovery, Varma was posted successful Delhi HC. He was past transferred to Allahabad HC, his genitor cadre, but was kept disconnected progressive duty. Though helium denied the allegation of fiscal impropriety and claimed ignorance of however the wealth landed astatine the outhouse of his premises, request has grown for his ouster and ineligible enactment against him.
