The Supreme Court, late on Saturday evening, uploaded on its website the inquiry report of Delhi High Court Chief Justice-- complete with photos and videos -- regarding the alleged discovery of a substantial amount of cash from the residence of Justice Yaswant Varma, a judge in the Delhi High Court, reported the PTI. Pics/PTI
Updated On: 2025-03-23 05:32 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
A video shared by the police commissioner of burnt wads of cash at Justice Yashwant Varma's residence and preliminary findings of the Delhi High Court chief justice calling for a "deeper probe" have prompted Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to constitute a committee to conduct an in-house inquiry into the allegations against the judge
Justice Upadhyaya's report to the CJI contains material with regard to official communication that says four to five semi-burnt sacks of Indian currency notes were found from the judge's Lutyens' Delhi residence
"I am of the prima facie opinion that the entire matter warrants a deeper probe," Justice Upadhyaya has said in his report dated March 21 and made public on Saturday evening
"The Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi for the time being has been asked not to assign any judicial work to Mr Justice Yashwant Varma," the top court said in a statement on Saturday
Meanwhile, Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma has strongly denounced the allegations in the currency recovery row at his official residence here and said no cash was ever placed in the storeroom either by him or any of my family members, according to the PTI