Conspiracy to malign: Justice Varma on 'cash found' at home

Justice Yashwant Varma has claimed that he is being framed in what he described as a "conspiracy to malign" him, categorically denying any connection to cash reportedly discovered at his residence after a fire broke out last week.

- Utkarsh Anand

NEW DELHI:

Responding to questions posed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna in a letter to Delhi high court chief justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Justice Varma asserted that neither he nor his family members had any knowledge of the money and denounced the allegations as "totally preposterous".

"I unequivocally state that neither I nor any of my family members had stored or kept any cash or currency in that storeroom at any point of time. The very idea or suggestion that this cash was kept or stored by us is totally preposterous," Justice Varma said in his written response that was released by the Supreme Court on Saturday along with a statement that the CJI has set up a three-member in-house panel to probe him.