Cash discovery row: SC committee begins inquiry

Panel members arrive at Justice Varma’s residence. Pic/PTI

Three members of the Supreme Court-appointed in-house committee on Tuesday commenced its inquiry into the alleged cash discovery row involving Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, sources said.

The three members - Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Justice G S Sandhawalia, Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh, and Anu Sivaraman, Judge of the High Court of Karnataka - reached Justice Varma's official residence at 30, Tughlak Crescent here, they said.

The judges were inside the official residence of Justice Varma for around 30-35 minutes and inspected the site, sources said.

The alleged cash discovery took place following a fire at Justice Varma's official residence at around 11.35 pm on March 14. On March 22, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna constituted a three-member committee to conduct an in-house inquiry into allegations against Justice Varma.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever