The CJI has also asked Delhi High Court Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya not to assign any judicial work to Justice Yashwant Varma for the time being.
The decision was taken by the CJI after receiving a report from the Delhi High Court Chief Justice on the allegations against Justice Varma’s residence, sources said, adding further course of action would be decided after submission of report by the three-judge panel.
“The Report submitted by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi, response of Mr. Justice Yashwant Varma, and other documents, are being uploaded on the Supreme Court website,” the statement read.
Interestingly, the “fire report” prepared by the DFS made no mention of recovery of any cash during their operation to put out the fire at the judge’s residence.
Amid reports about the transfer of Justice Varma from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court, the Supreme Court had on Friday sought to dispel “misinformation and rumours”, saying the transfer proposal was still under consideration and that the proposal to transfer him was not linked to the in-house inquiry initiated by the Delhi High Court Chief Justice.
“The proposal for transfer of Mr. Justice Yashwant Varma, who is the second senior most Judge in the Delhi High Court and a member of the Collegium, to his parent High Court i.e. the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, where he will be ninth in seniority, is independent and separate from the In-house enquiry procedure,” the top court had said on Friday.
