Cash-at-home row: SC rejects Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea; judge had challenged in-house inquiry | India News – Times of India

Cash-at-home row: SC rejects Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea; judge had challenged in-house inquiry | India News – Times of India

Photo/Agencies NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Justice Yashwant Varma’s petition challenging the in-house inquiry process and its findings, which held him complicit in huge cash discovered from his official residence premises, and then CJI Sanjiv Khanna’s recommendation to the President and Prime Minister to initiate a removal motion against him.A bench of…

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‘Your conduct does not inspire confidence’: SC reserves verdict on Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea – What the top court said | India News – Times of India

‘Your conduct does not inspire confidence’: SC reserves verdict on Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea – What the top court said | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its decision regarding Justice Yashwant Varma’s challenge to an in-house inquiry panel’s report that found him culpable in the cash discovery matter.The bench, comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and A G Masih, said that the Chief Justice of India has the authority to inform the president and prime…

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Cash haul row: SC questions Justice Yashwant Varma over his petition against impeachment; posts plea for hearing on July 30 | India News – Times of India

Cash haul row: SC questions Justice Yashwant Varma over his petition against impeachment; posts plea for hearing on July 30 | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday raised several questions while hearing Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea seeking to invalidate an in-house inquiry committee’s report that indicted him over a large quantity of burnt cash found at his official residence during his tenure as a Delhi high court judge.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A…

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Justice Yashwant Varma impeachment: Speaker Om Birla to announce inquiry panel to probe charges, says report | India News – Times of India

Justice Yashwant Varma impeachment: Speaker Om Birla to announce inquiry panel to probe charges, says report | India News – Times of India

High court judge Yashwant Varma (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is expected to announce the formation of a high-level inquiry committee to examine charges against Allahabad high court Judge Yashwant Varma, news agency PTI reported on Thursday quoting official sources.The move follows the submission of a notice signed by 152 Members…

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Panel probing judge Yashwant Varma’s house fire spotted ‘unidentified man’ near burnt cash | India News – Times of India

Panel probing judge Yashwant Varma’s house fire spotted ‘unidentified man’ near burnt cash | India News – Times of India

Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma NEW DELHI: The judges committee inquiring into the ‘cash in kothi’ case involving Justice Yashwant Varma spotted an “unidentified person” in a check shirt near the doused and half-burnt sacks of currency in the early hours of March 15 in one of the photos taken by first responders.This…

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Cash-at-home case: Kapil Sibal calls Yashwant Varma ‘one of the finest judges’; condemns impeachment move | India News – Times of India

Cash-at-home case: Kapil Sibal calls Yashwant Varma ‘one of the finest judges’; condemns impeachment move | India News – Times of India

Kapil Sibal (PTI photo/ file) NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday called Justice Yashwant Varma “one of the finest judges” and criticised the central government for initiating impeachment proceedings against Varma, in whose storeroom a huge amount of cash was found.Saibal alleged that the government’s “real motive” behind the…

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Government confident of Parliament consensus on Yashwant Varma’s removal | India News – Times of India

Government confident of Parliament consensus on Yashwant Varma’s removal | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: If Justice Yashwant Varma doesn’t resign and holds on to his argument of being “innocent”, he may earn the unenviable distinction of being the only judge to be removed through Parliament’s removal motion, with most parties pledging “unity” on the issue of corruption, of which the three-member SC panel has found him guilty.Parliamentary…

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‘Corruption within judiciary impacts public trust’: CJI Gavai amid Yashwant Varma cash row | India News – Times of India

‘Corruption within judiciary impacts public trust’: CJI Gavai amid Yashwant Varma cash row | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has cautioned that cases of corruption and misconduct within the judiciary can severely undermine public trust, posing a threat to the overall credibility and integrity of the justice system. The statements came in light of recent allegations against Allahabad high court’s Justice Yashwant Varma, who is under…

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‘Before addressing the writ of mandamus …’: Supreme Court declines plea for FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma in cash recovery row | India News – Times of India

‘Before addressing the writ of mandamus …’: Supreme Court declines plea for FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma in cash recovery row | India News – Times of India

Justice Yashwant Varma (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking the registration of an FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma following the discovery of a large sum of half-burnt cash at his official residence in Delhi.A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that a…

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Justice Yashwant Varma takes oath as Allahabad high court judge amid cash recovery row | India News – The Times of India

Justice Yashwant Varma takes oath as Allahabad high court judge amid cash recovery row | India News – The Times of India

Justice Yashwant Varma (File photo) NEW DELHI: Justice Yashwant Varma on Saturday took oath as a judge of Allahabad high court, even as a cloud of controversy looms over him after the alleged recovery of semi-burnt sacks of cash from his residence last month.Despite the swearing-in, court sources confirmed that no judicial work would be…

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