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New Delhi, Aug 07: Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma's plea seeking invalidation of an in-house inquiry report finding him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A G Masih said Justice Varma's conduct does not inspire confidence, and his plea should not be entertained, a major upset for the judge at the centre of controversy since March, when a huge cache of half-burnt cash was found following a fire in the storeroom of his official residence in Delhi.
Justice Varma had also sought the quashing of the May 8 recommendation by then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna urging Parliament to initiate impeachment proceedings against him.
The top court said the then CJI and the in-house committee scrupulously followed procedure except for the uploading of the video footage and the photographs.
The apex court held that the in-house procedure and the judges committee appointed by the then CJI adhered to the stipulated procedure, and sending of the report to the Prime Minister and President with a recommendation for his removal was not unconstitutional.
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