The 3-member panel of Chief Justices of Punjab & Haryana HC and Himachal Pradesh HC and a Karnataka HC judge found Varma's misconduct "serious enough" for his removal.
Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice will sit for discussion on 24 June. Members of the 31-member panel include Ranjan Gogoi, Vivek Tankha, & A.Raja.
The government has indicated that it plans to bring an impeachment motion against Justice Varma during the monsoon session of Parliament which is slated to begin on 21 July.
Kapil Sibal said that removing Justice Yashwant Varma based on the SC's in-house report will be an indirect way of controlling the judiciary & would endanger judicial independence.
The association urged CJI Gavai to sanction prosecution of Justice Yashwant Varma after cash-discovery allegations & also sought a copy of the in-house inquiry report.
The VP expressed shock that no FIR was filed to look into alleged discovery of burnt cash at the house of sitting HC judge Justice Yashwant Varma for two months.
The three-member panel, appointed by the apex court, analysed evidence and recorded the statements of over 50 people before finalising report on 3 May.
I was surprised when Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan advocated for Hindi—at a time when states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are opposing its imposition.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
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