Justice Yashwant Varma. File
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Report of an inquiry committee which invested allegations towards Justice Yashwant Varma — towards whom removing proceedings had been initiated over the alleged discovery of unaccounted for money from his official residence — shall be positioned earlier than the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (August 12, 2026).
In accordance with the record of enterprise of the Lok Sabha for Wednesday (August 12, 2026), the secretary normal will “lay” the 2 volumes of the report together with oral proof within the Home.
The probe panel had submitted its findings to the Lok Sabha Speaker in Could.
The Speaker had constituted a three-member inquiry committee on August 12, 2025, to probe the alleged discovery of wads of money from the choose’s Delhi bungalow.
A hearth broke out within the official residence of Justice Varma on the evening of March 14, 2025. Firefighters known as to place out the blaze allegedly found large quantities of burnt foreign money in a storeroom.
Justice Varma has since resigned, and removing proceedings towards him have just about turn into infructuous. His resignation, nevertheless, has not but been notified by the Regulation Ministry.
Justice Varma was a choose of the Delhi Excessive Court docket and was repatriated to his guardian courtroom, the Allahabad Excessive Court docket, following the controversy.
Printed – August 11, 2026 10:09 pm IST
