Observing that in-house procedure was scrupulously followed, the Supreme Court has dismissed Allahabad high court judge Yashwant Varma’s plea seeking invalidation of an in-house inquiry report finding him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row.
Wads of burnt cash were found following a fire in the storeroom of the judge’s official residence in the capital on March 14.
Questioning Justice Varma’s conduct, the top court said he did not object to the photographs or video footage being uploaded and participated in the inquiry without demur.
The bench said even in his representation dated May 6, addressed to then CJI Sanjiv Khanna, there was “no whisper” of the procedure violating any constitutional provision.
As reported by PTI, A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih held Justice Varma’s conduct did not inspire confidence, not meriting his plea to be examined.
Justice Varma sought quashing of the May 8 recommendation by then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna urging Parliament to initiate impeachment proceedings against him.
The top court rejected the submission of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who was representing the beleaguered judge and called the in-house inquiry and the report a “parallel and extra-constitutional mechanism”.
