SC rejects Varma's plea in cash scandal probe

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition filed by High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma - who faces an impeachment threat following the cash discovery episode - challenging the in-house enquiry that led to a report recommending his removal from office.

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In a detailed judgment, a Bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and A.G. Masih framed several key questions, including: the maintainability of Justice Varma's petition, the legal sanction of the in-house procedure, whether the in-house procedure constitutes a parallel and extra-constitutional mechanism, whether it violates the fundamental rights of a High Court judge, whether due procedure was followed; and whether forwarding the in-house panel's report was unconstitutional.