CJI Recommends Impeachment of Justice Yashwant Varma: Sources

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NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna has written to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recommending the initiation of impeachment proceedings against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court. The move follows the findings of a Supreme Court-appointed panel that investigated allegations linked to a large sum of cash allegedly found at the judge's official residence.

"In terms of the in-house procedure, the Chief Justice of India has written to the President of India and the Prime Minister of India, enclosing the three-member committee's report dated May 3 along with Justice Yashwant Varma's response dated May 6," read a statement from the Supreme Court.

The report, prepared by a committee comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu (Punjab and Haryana High Court), Chief Justice G S Sandhawalia (Himachal Pradesh High Court), and Justice Anu Sivaraman (Karnataka High Court), concluded its findings earlier this month after examining the matter in detail. The panel was formed under the top court's in-house procedure to deal with complaints against sitting judges of constitutional courts.