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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
TopicJustice Yashwant Varma

Topic: Justice Yashwant Varma

RS MP Sibal calls impeachment of Justice Verma based on in-house enquiry ‘unconstitutional’

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.

There is no scope for politicking, says Kiren Rijiju on impeachment motion against HC judge Yashwant Varma

‘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.

Cash row: Bombay Lawyers Association writes to CJI, seeks impeachment of Justice Varma

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.

SC dismisses plea seeking FIR against Justice Yashwant Verma

Citing in-house indictment proceedings, the apex court refused to hear petition filed by advocate Mathews Nedumpara.

In-house inquiry ‘waste of judicial time’—VP Dhankhar calls for FIR, criminal probe in judge cash row

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.

CJI seeks response from Justice Yashwant Varma after panel confirms cash row allegations against him

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.

Cash-at-judge’s home case documents shouldn’t have been made public before end of SC probe—Kapil Sibal

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.

At Ahmedabad meet, Congress calls for ‘mechanism for judicial accountability’ amid judge cash row

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.

UP bureaucracy caught in ‘graft’ whirlwind & how RSS-BJP want to play up ‘Ramji’ in Ambedkar’s name

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Amid Yashwant Varma controversy, Supreme Court judges resolve to make their assets public

Move a departure from current practice under which judges make disclosure of assets to Chief Justice of India, and may volunteer to make them public.

On Camera

Farrhana Bhatt on Bigg Boss 19 reopened Kashmir’s representation wound

Farrhana Bhatt’s presence on Bigg Boss 19 can’t redefine Kashmir. But it can remind the Valley that Kashmiris deserve to be seen in their full human range—not squeezed into specific categories.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

India looks to Oman for spare parts to keep its fleet of Jaguars flying

India is now the only country still operating the Jaguar, long retired by its original users, France in 2005 and the UK in 2007, and secondary operators like Oman, Nigeria and Ecuador.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.