SC rejects Justice Varma’s plea challenging the in-house inquiry committee report

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined the plea of Justice Yashwant Varma Allahabad High Court challenging the in-house three-judge inquiry committee’s report and former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna’s recommendation to initiate impeachment proceedings against him.

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A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih rejected Justice Yashwant Varma's plea that stated that he was not given a fair opportunity to respond to the in-house inquiry committee before it presented its findings.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared on behalf of Justice Varma. This comes after cash was allegedly found by fire tenders when a fire broke out at his Delhi residence on March 14, while he was a judge of the Delhi High Court. The judge was not present at his house.During a hearing on July 28, the apex court had posed various questions