SC panel report to not impact judge's impeachment process

A report by a three-member committee set up by the Supreme Court to look into allegations against sitting high court judge, justice Yashwant Varma, will have no bearing on Parliament's impeachment process as the House will rely on the notice of the MPs and its in-house report, top officials of the Lok Sabha said on Monday.

- Saubhadra Chatterji

The government has said that it has spoken to opposition parties to bring a motion for the impeachment of justice Varma in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament over allegations of a cash haul from his residence in Delhi in March. If the impeachment process is initiated in the monsoon session, the entire process will need to be completed within the 31-day session itself.

On Monday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that “due process will be followed” if at least 100 Lok Sabha MPs sign a notice to impeach justice Varma.