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Justice Varma Seeks to Nullify Inquiry Findings as Parliament Prepares Impeachment Motion

In his Supreme Court petition, Varma highlights alleged procedural lapses in the in-house inquiry as the government secures opposition backing for an impeachment motion in the Monsoon Session.

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Overview

  • Justice Yashwant Varma filed a writ petition in mid-July seeking to quash the May 3 in-house inquiry report and the May 8 recommendation by then CJI Sanjiv Khanna to initiate his impeachment.
  • He alleges the three-judge inquiry denied him a full and fair hearing, reversed the burden of proof onto him and drew adverse conclusions without examining foundational facts.
  • The panel had found strong inferential evidence that Varma controlled half-burnt currency discovered at his Delhi residence after a March fire, deeming it serious judicial misconduct.
  • Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju is engaging Opposition parties to secure the special majority required for a removal motion when Parliament’s Monsoon Session opens on July 21.
  • The case has reignited debate over the Supreme Court’s extra-statutory in-house mechanism versus the constitutional removal procedure under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.