Justice Yashwant Varma moves Supreme Court challenging impeachment proceedings A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine George Masih issued notices to the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker and the secretaries-general of both the Houses on Justice Varma's petition and sought their responses. AdvertisementThe Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretaries-general and sought their responses on a petition filed by Justice Yashwant VarmaAneesha MathurSanjay SharmaNew Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 16, 2025 14:30 ISTWritten By: Nitish K SinghThe Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretaries-general seeking their responses on a petition filed by Justice Yashwant Varma, who is facing allegations of reported discovery of a large stash of burnt cash from his official Delhi residence following a fire incident, challenging the constitution of an inquiry committee by Lok Sabha Speaker to probe corruption charges against himadvertisementJustice Varma, who is currently a judge at the Allahabad High Court, moved the top court challenging the legality of the three-member committee constituted solely by the Lok Sabha under the procedure provided by the Judges Inquiry Act, arguing the Judges Inquiry Act, 1968 was not followed and that the motion was not passed by both Houses on the same day. A three-member committee constituted by the Lok Sabha began its inquiry and sent an official communication to Justice Varma in connection with the burnt piles of cash recovered from his residence in March, nearly four months after the Lok Sabha committee was set up. The committee comprises Supreme Court judge Justice Aravind Kumar, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, and senior advocate BV Acharya.
