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 impeachment motion against Justice Yashwant Varma is a matter related to corruption in the judiciary...So, we would like to have a united stand,’ added Union Minister Rijiju.
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.
In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court had uploaded case documents, photos & a video of the cash discovery incident at Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma's house on its website.
A resolution adopted by AICC says that accountability, without compromising judicial independence, is the need of the hour. The party stands committed to the idea of INDIA bloc.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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