Overview

• On July 22, MPs submitted a motion signed by 152 Lok Sabha members and over 50 Rajya Sabha members to Speaker Om Birla and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
• The motion invokes constitutional Articles 124, 217 and 218 and exceeds the required thresholds of 100 Lok Sabha or 50 Rajya Sabha signatures for judge removal.
• Home Minister Amit Shah’s meeting with Speaker Om Birla indicates the government will pilot the impeachment motion in the Lower House.
• The proceedings follow an in-house Supreme Court committee finding prima facie evidence of unaccounted cash at Varma’s Delhi residence.
• If the motion is admitted, it must secure a two-thirds majority in both houses and a Presidential order under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, to remove Justice Varma.