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 high court bar associations met the Supreme Court Collegium on Thursday to protest the transfer of Justice Yashwant Varma from the Delhi to the Allahabad High Court, and present a list of four demands, including the start of a criminal investigation against the judge. Anil Tiwari, the President of the Allahabad association, … Read more
New Delhi: The centre on Tuesday reached out to all political parties on the issue of cash found at the home of a Delhi High Court judge – Justice Yashwant Varma. Sources said the centre wants to hear the views of all parties – whether part of the union government or not – on this … Read more
New Delhi: Allahabad High Court lawyers will go on an indefinite strike to protest the Supreme Court Collegium’s decision to return to them Justice Yashwant Varma – the Delhi High Court judge from whose bungalow in the city a pile of burnt cash was reportedly recovered on Holi. Justice Varma was previously an additional judge, … Read more
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chair Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday lavished praise on Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Kumar and the Supreme Court’s handling of the Justice Yashwant Varma controversy – the Delhi High Court judge at whose home a pile of burnt cash was discovered on Holi. Mr Dhankhar said the Chief Justice’s reaction to … 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
New Delhi: A report submitted by the Delhi High Court Chief Justice into allegations that a huge pile of cash was found at the house of a judge of the high court is being uploaded on the Supreme Court website. The response by Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, at whose house in the … Read more
A huge pile of cash was found at the house of Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma New Delhi: The transfer of Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma is not linked to the recovery of a large stash of cash at his home, the Supreme Court said today. It said the in-house investigation is being … Read more
New Delhi: The transfer of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma – in whose home a pile of unaccounted cash was found last week – is not the “final step”, sources told NDTV Friday afternoon, confirming the Supreme Court had ordered an in-house inquiry into the matter. Source also said the Supreme Court Chief … Read more