Speaker, VP yet to get CJI report on probe into judge

A FUNCTIONARY SAID THAT GOVT IS IN NO HURRY TO START THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS AGAINST JUSTICE VERMA

- HT Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The offices of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar are yet to receive the report on Delhi high court judge Justice Yashwant Varma forwarded by the then Chief Justice of India to the President and the Prime Minister, suggesting that there's been no movement on a possible impeachment motion against him in the monsoon session.

A senior functionary, who asked not to be named, said that the government is in no hurry to start the impeachment process against Justice Verma, who has been sent back to the Allahabad high court after an undisclosed amount of currency, and some burnt currency notes were discovered in a room in his bungalow's compound by first responders to a fire.

A top-ranking official of Parliament told HT that Birla is yet to receive any report, and therefore, no preparation has started in the Lok Sabha secretariat for the impeachment, which is an elaborate process. Dhankhar's office, according to a second official, has not received any communication on this matter. A fourth person added that the government has also not yet indicated any plans to call a separate session to mark 50 years of the Emergency on June 25 as reported by some media.