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 … Read more
The CJI was speaking at the UK Supreme Court on the topic of ‘Maintaining Judicial Legitimacy and Public Confidence’. He also spoke against judges taking post-retirement jobs with the government or resigning from their posts to contest elections. “A judge contesting an election for a political office can lead to doubts regarding the independence and impartiality … Read more
File picture of Justice Yashwant Varma. | Photo Credit: PTI The Union government will bring a motion of impeachment against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court during the coming Monsoon Session of Parliament and has initiated the process of building an all-party consensus for this action. Speaking to The Hindu, Parliamentary Affairs Minister … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Centre set to introduce an impeachment motion against Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Varma in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, expected to commence in mid-July. Govt sources on Tuesday confirmed motion to be introduced in the upcoming session. The move follows a Supreme Court-appointed inquiry panel’s indictment of Justice Varma … Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 21) dismissed a writ petition filed by a few advocates seeking registration of FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma pursuant to the in-house inquiry into the allegations of recovery of illicit cash currencies from his official residence. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Among the 769 judges currently serving in the 25 High Courts of India, only 95 — or a mere 12.35% — have chosen to disclose their assets and liabilities on their official websites. The recent incident involving Justice Yashwant Varma … Read more
The bar body has alleged that the same was done in a clandestine manner by administering the oath in his office instead of holding a formal public ceremony. Condemning the act, the Bar Secretary passed a resolution on Saturday stating that the oath was in violation of the Constitution and therefore, the members of the … Read more
The Chief Justice of India (CJI) on March 21 initiated an in-house probe into the allegations and set up a three-member committee to conduct the probe. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court also published a report of Delhi High Court Chief Justice on the incident along with Justice Varma’s response. Justice Varma was born in 1969. He took his LLB degree … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday (March 28) refused to entertain a writ petition seeking the registration of an FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma, former Delhi High Court Judge, over the alleged discovery of illicit cash at official premises. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said that the petition, which also challenged … Read more
Media reports stated that a fire at Justice Varma’s house on the evening of March 14 had inadvertently led to the recovery of unaccounted cash. Justice Varma and his wife were not in Delhi on the said day. Only his daughter and aged mother were at home when the fire broke out. The incident led … Read more