Prayagraj: Justice Yashwant Varma, who was transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court amid cash-at-home allegations, was administered the oath in a “clandestine” manner on Saturday, the High Court Bar Association (HCBA) here claimed while condemning the move. The lawyers’ body, which had opposed the repatriation of the judge, questioned why … Read more
New Delhi: Six Bar heads, including from Gujarat High Court, Kerala High Court, Karnataka High Court, Lucknow Bar Association, Allahabad High Court, have written to the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna seeking a stay of transfer order of Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma, at whose residence a large amount of cash was found. … Read more
New Delhi: A plea in the Supreme Court has sought a direction to Delhi Police to lodge an FIR over the alleged discovery of semi-burnt stash of cash from the official residence of Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma. The plea also challenges the 1991 judgement in the K Veeraswami case in which the top … Read more
New Delhi: In a new twist to the ‘cash at judge’s home’ episode, burnt currency notes of Rs 500 denomination were spotted by a sanitation worker on Sunday while sweeping a road outside the 30, Tughlak Road, the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma in central Delhi. The recovery caused a minor flutter in the high-security area … Read more