NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday announced the formation of a three-member committee to investigate allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma in connection with the “cash-at-home” controversy.The panel will include senior advocate PV Acharya of the Karnataka high Court as the jurist member. SC judge Aravind Kumar, Madras HC Chief Justice Manindra Mohan…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its decision regarding Justice Yashwant Varma’s challenge to an in-house inquiry panel’s report that found him culpable in the cash discovery matter.The bench, comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and A G Masih, said that the Chief Justice of India has the authority to inform the president and prime…
NEW DELHI: Accusing BJP of “petty mindset” and “illegality”, Congress on Saturday said the government’s decision to ignore the notice to remove Justice Yashwant Varma in Rajya Sabha in favour of the one submitted in Lok Sabha is dictated by its desire to control the narrative about the issue, stemming from its “insecurity” that the…
VP Jagdeep Dhankhar (File Image) NEW DELHI: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday reiterated Justice Yashwant Varma’s case and said that the government was handicapped due to a three-decade-old judicial order that prevented it from registering a First Information Report (FIR) without prior permission from the judiciary.Dhankhar, who is on a two-day visit to Kerala,…
