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Cash at Home Row: Govt Likely to Move Impeachment Motion Against Justice Yashwant Varma in Monsoon Session
- The government is considering proposing an impeachment against Justice Yashwant Varma, who was transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court following a controversy, during the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning in July 2025 in New Delhi.
- This move follows a Supreme Court-appointed three-member panel's inquiry that indicted Varma after discovering wads of burnt cash at his official residence linked to a fire in March 2025, with former CJI Sanjiv Khanna recommending impeachment.
- Varma was transferred to Allahabad High Court on March 20, 2025, has not been assigned work, denied any connection to the cash, and was asked to resign but refused, prompting the government to seek parliamentary consensus for impeachment.
- An impeachment motion must be initiated by a minimum of 100 members in the Lok Sabha and 50 members in the Rajya Sabha, and to be finalized, it requires the support of at least two-thirds of the members present and voting in each House before the President issues an order for removal.
- If the motion is approved, Varma would be the inaugural constitutional court judge to be impeached for confirmed misconduct or incapacity, underscoring demands for enhanced judicial accountability and the need for political leadership to uphold the integrity of the judiciary.
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CPI MP writes a letter to all political parties calling for an impeachment against Allahabad HC judge Yashwant Varma
P. Sandhosh Kumar is the second Rajya Sabha member after Congress’s Vivek Tankha to raise demand, citing the constitutional empowerment of the Parliament to impeach Justice Varma.
1.5 feet cash stacks, all unexplained: Justice Varma probe calls for impeachment
The report of the Supreme Court-appointed committee, details of which was accessed by India Today, said the allegations of misconduct against Justice Yashwant Varma were serious enough to seek his impeachment.
Government likely to initiate impeachment proceedings against Justice Yashwant Varma indicted in cash scandal
Based on the report of the inquiry panel, the CJI had asked Justice Varma to resign which he refused to do. This led to the CJI recommending the initiation of impeachment proceedings against Justice Varma.
Cash at home row: Govt likely to move impeachment motion against justice Yashwant Varma in monsoon session
Earlier this month, a three-member committee, set up by the Supreme Court, had confirmed the presence of cash found at High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence in New Delhi after a fire broke out there around Holi on March 14.
Cash at residence: Centre likely to bring impeachment motion against HC judge Yashwant Varma in Monsoon Session
The Centre may bring an impeachment motion against Justice Yashwant Varma in the Monsoon Session over a cash seizure from his Delhi home in March. If passed, he could become the first constitutional court judge to be removed.
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