Cash discovery row: Justice Varma urges SC to accord urgent hearing on his plea
Allahabad HC Judge Justice Yashwant Varma appealed to the Supreme Court to invalidate a misconduct report and quash the impeachment recommendation
In a recent development in the cash discovery row, the Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma on Wednesday (July 23) urged the Supreme Court to accord urgent hearing on his plea.
He had approached the court seeking to invalidate a report by an in-house inquiry panel, which found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row.
"I will have to constitute a bench," Chief Justice B R Gavai told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who mentioned the matter for Varma.
The CJI was heading a bench which also comprised Justices K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi.
Quashing impeachment move
Sibal requested the bench to list the matter as early as possible, saying they have raised some constitutional issues in the plea.
Varma has also sought quashing of the May 8 recommendation by then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna urging Parliament to initiate impeachment against him.
The three-judge panel headed by Chief Justice Sheel Nagu of the Punjab and Haryana High Court conducted the inquiry for 10 days, examined 55 witnesses and visited the scene of the accidental fire that started at around 11.35 pm on March 14 at the official residence of Justice Varma, then a sitting judge of the Delhi High Court and now in the Allahabad High Court.
(With inputs from agencies)