The Delhi High Court chief justice has reportedly completed his probe over the discovery of cash at Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence and has submitted his report to the chief justice of India. Further action on the report will be taken by the collegium of the Supreme Court, reports said.
As per reports, Delhi High Court Chief Justice D.K. Updhyaya has completed his inquiry over the alleged discovery of cash at the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma and submitted report to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Friday. An in-house inquiry was ordered against Justice Varma by the Supreme Court taking note of the recovery of cash at his residence during a fire accident.
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High Court Chief Justice Updhyaya has collected evidence and other information as part of the probe and has submitted his report to CJI. The incident reportedly came to light when firefighters rushed to Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence on March 14 night to douse a fire. Huge amount of unaccounted cash was recovered from a room in the house.
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However, the apex court said in a statement on Friday that the transfer of Justice Varma had no relation with the in-house inquiry initiated against him. Supreme Court said the collegium is yet to make any recommendation regarding Varma’s transfer and the proposal is still under consideration. The apex court stated they have sought inputs from consultee judges of the Supreme Court, chief justices of concerned High Courts and Varma regarding the proposal, Bar and Bench reported. "Responses received will be examined and, thereupon, the Collegium will pass a resolution,” the apex court stated.
“The proposal for transfer ofJustice Yashwant Varma, who is the second senior most Judge in the Delhi High Court and a member of the Collegium, to his parent High Court i.e. the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, where he will be ninth in seniority, is independent and separate from the In-house enquiry procedure," the publication reported quoting the statement.
