Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has written to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He shared the report of a three-member panel appointed by the apex court, which inquired into the cash discovery case against Allahabad High Court’s Justice Yashwant Varma. The CJI share the panel’s report along with the response of Justice Varma.
According to NDTV, After receiving a report from the three-member panel looking into allegations of a huge pile of burnt cash being found in a storeroom attached to the bungalow of Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Verma, the Chief Justice of India has written to the President and Prime Minister and recommended that proceedings be initiated to remove him.
“Chief Justice of India, in terms of the in-house procedure, has written to the President of India and the Prime Minister of India enclosing therewith copy of the three-member committee report dated May 3 along with the letter/response dated May 6 received from Justice Yashwant Varma,” the apex court said in a statement.
The Chief Justice had previously forwarded the panel’s report to Justice Varma and sought his response following the principle of natural justice.
The panel is comprised of Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel nagu, Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Anu Sivaraman of the Karnataka High Court, submitted the report to CJI.
The panel analysed evidence and recorded the statements of over 50 people, including Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora and Delhi Fire Service chief who were among the first responders to the fire incident at Justice Varma’s Lutyens Delhi residence at around 11.35 pm on March 14.
(With PTI Inputs)