‘100 MPs signed notice to impeach HC judge’

Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said more than 100 lawmakers have already signed a notice for impeachment of sitting high court judge, justice Yashwant Varma, from whose residence in Delhi a huge cache of cash was allegedly recovered in March this year.

- Saubhadra Chatterj

Rijiju added the signature collection exercise was still going on, indicating that the government wanted a large number of lawmakers to push the notice to showcase an all-round support in favour of the impeachment of Justice Varma.

“The signature is underway and it has crossed 100 already,” Rijiju told reporters, on the eve of the beginning of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

A motion for the removal of a judge has to be signed by not less than 100 MPs in the Lok Sabha and 50 in the Rajya Sabha. With more than 100 signatures already received in favour of bringing the impeachment motion, it is likely to be brought in the Lower House.

The government might bring the notice against Justice Varma in the first week of the Monsoon session, with officials familiar with the matter saying the inter-