Allahabad HC lawyers call off strike, to wait for probe report

Lawyers of the Allahabad high court, who have been protesting since Tuesday against the transfer of Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma to their court, suspended their strike on Saturday till the report of an investigation against the judge comes.

- Press Trust of India

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The lawyers said they have also decided not to attend Justice Varma's oath-taking ceremony. He is embroiled in a controversy after multiple wads of cash were discovered at his residence in New Delhi following a fire.

After a meeting of the executive committee of the high court's bar association here, its president Anil Tiwari told reporters, "We have decided to suspend the strike till the report of the investigation against Justice Varma comes." He clarified that the strike has not been called off.