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‘No illegality’: SC rejects Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea, clears way for Lok Sabha inquiry panel

Justice Varma 'is not entitled to any relief' and 'no interference' by the court 'is called for,' a bench of Justices Dipankar Dutta and SC Sharma says.

SC gives Justice Varma time till Monday to file response before LS probe panel in cash recovery row

The judge sought extension after SC concluded hearing on his petition challenging formation of the panel, and reserved the verdict. The bench declined his request for extension.

Justice Yashwant Varma challenges impeachment proceedings over cash row. SC issues notice to LS, RS

Half-burnt currency notes were purportedly found at official residence of Justice Varma in Delhi after a fire broke out there on 14 March, while he served as sitting judge at Delhi HC.

Lok Sabha speaker sets ball rolling for Justice Yashwant Verma’s impeachment with 3-member probe panel

Birla informed the House that any further course of action on the proposal of removal will remain pending till the committee submits its report.

Judge cash row: ‘In-house inquiry didn’t affect Justice Yashwant Varma’s fundamental rights,’ says SC

The top court has dismissed the judge’s petition against former CJI Sanjiv Khanna’s move to recommend action against him to President & PM.

‘Important to send message’: SC says CJI empowered to recommend removal in cases like Justice Varma’s

This power is drawn from a conjoint reading of Judges (Protection) Act, 1985 and Article 141 of Constitution, it asserts.

Judge cash row: Why did you wait till now to challenge enquiry? SC asks Justice Yashwant Varma

New Delhi: Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, at the center of the cash-judge row, faced some tough questions Monday from the Supreme...

‘Inquiry based on presumptions’—Justice Varma moves SC against in-house panel report

The Allahabad HC judge faces possible impeachment for alleged discovery of half-burnt currency notes at his official premises that he occupied as a Delhi HC judge.

Clean-up job by Justice Yashwant Varma’s aides: What panel probing judge cash row found

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.

Rajya Sabha panel to discuss ‘code of conduct for judges’, post-retirement jobs next week

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.

On Camera

A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US

Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.