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The Judges Inquiry Committee investigating allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma — against whom impeachment proceedings were initiated implicit the find of unaccounted currency from his authoritative residence during a occurrence — submitted its study to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla connected Monday (May 18, 2026).
The report, which was presented successful accordance with statutory requirements nether the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, volition beryllium laid earlier some Houses of Parliament successful owed course, officials said.
The three-member enquiry committee was constituted by the Speaker connected August 12, 2025.
During a occurrence that broke retired successful the authoritative residence of Justice Varma connected the nighttime of March 14, 2025, firefighters discovered monolithic amounts of burnt currency wrong a storeroom successful the Delhi bungalow.
An in-house committee constituted by past Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna concluded that Justice Varma had “active oregon tacit control” implicit the circumstantial storeroom wherever the currency was hidden.
In July 2025, implicit 200 MPs signed a question to impeach the judge.
In August past year, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla past constituted a three-member Judges Inquiry Committee to analyse the charges.
However, facing the imaginable of being removed by Parliament, Justice Varma precocious resigned arsenic a justice of the Allahabad High Court, rendering the impeachment proceedings against him infructuous.
