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How can you question report after taking part, SC asks Justice Varma

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July 29, 2025

The Supreme Court on Monday questioned Allahabad High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma, over his decision to participate in an in-house inquiry without challenging its formation even as he now contests the findings that indicted him for misconduct.

- Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty @ New Delhi

"Why did you wait for the inquiry to conclude and the report to be released? Why participate if you disagreed with the process?" a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih asked, as Justice Varma's writ petition challenging the in-house panel's findings was taken up.

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