Cash pile recovery: Justice Yashwant Varma's cases dropped from Delhi High Court's Monday hearings
New Delhi/IBNS: Justice Yashwant Varma's scheduled cases were dropped from the list of Monday hearings of the Delhi High Court in view of the corruption charges against him after a pile of unaccounted cash was allegedly recovered from the judge's residence, media reports said.
The Delhi High Court registrar released a circular that indicates Justice Varma scheduled cases were removed from Monday hearings.
This comes after Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna appointed a three-member panel comprising two High Court Chief Justices and one High Court judge to probe into the allegations.
What happened at Justice Varma's house?
A fire at Justice Varma's residential bungalow led to the recovery of a huge pile of unaccounted cash, prompting the Supreme Court collegium to transfer from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad HC.
Justice Varma was out of town when a fire broke out at his residence last week. Justice Varma's family members had called the fire brigade.
But when the firefighters doused the fire, a huge pile of cash was discovered inside a room.
Police were called by the firefighters.
The accidental discovery, which left the judiciary red-faced, led Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna to call an immediate collegium meeting.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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