Collegium Favours Transfer of HC Judge After Report of Cash at Home

THE SUPREME COURT Collegium has proposed the transfer of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma to the Allahabad High Court, his parent High Court, following a report about cash at his New Delhi residence, the site of a fire.

- ANANTHAKRISHNAN G & ABHINAYA HARIGOVING

In a statement Friday, the Supreme Court Registry said the Collegium's "proposal for the transfer of Mr Justice Yashwant Varma, who is the second senior most Judge in the Delhi High Court and a member of the Collegium, to his parent High Court i.e., the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, where he will be ninth in seniority, is independent and separate from the in-house enquiry procedure" initiated by the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court upon receiving information about the incident.