Overview

• Government sources report that over 100 Lok Sabha MPs have signed the impeachment motion for Justice Yashwant Varma but the notice has not yet been submitted to the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
• The government is working to secure at least 50 Rajya Sabha endorsements to meet constitutional thresholds under the Judges (Inquiry) Act and Articles 124 and 217.
• Speaker Om Birla will verify each MP’s signature and has indicated that the entire removal process must be completed within the 31-day Monsoon Session.
• Parliament will rely on a Supreme Court in-house inquiry confirming burnt cash at Varma’s Delhi residence, even as former judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul has called for a formal FIR and broader probe.
• On July 16, a plea was filed in the Supreme Court seeking registration of an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyay Samhita over unaccounted cash discovered during a March fire.