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TopicJustice Yashwant Varma

Topic: Justice Yashwant Varma

SC’s transparency in Justice Yashwant Varma cash controversy draws praise from legal fraternity

The Supreme Court has made all relevant information regarding the alleged cash recovery from Justice Varma's residence publicly available on its website.

Can there be an FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma? A 1991 SC verdict holds the answer

In Justice Yashwant Varma’s case, Delhi police commissioner shared photographs and video of cash, allegedly found in aftermath of a fire, with the Delhi high court chief justice.

Hidden in plain sight: The unanswered questions in the Justice Varma cash controversy

Despite SC making several documents, photos and a video public, a lot of what happened at Delhi HC judge Yashwant Varma’s residence on 14 March night is still shrouded in mystery.

Judge row: V-P Dhankhar lauds CJI’s ‘transparency’, accepts Kharge’s call for RS floor leaders’ meet

The Vice-President, who has on several occasions batted for reviving proposal to set up a National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), says steps taken by CJI 'unprecedented'.

In aftermath of Delhi HC judge row, Mahua accuses Centre of laying ground to scrap Collegium system

TMC MP Mahua Moitra says ‘just like EC has been emasculated, efforts are afoot to bring back something like NJAC with complete govt control and do away with Collegium system’.

SC Collegium recommends Justice Yashwant Varma’s transfer to Allahabad HC amid cash discovery row

This comes hours after the Allahabad High Court Bar Association demanded Justice Varma’s impeachment and a relook at his previous judgments.

The serious offence of attempting to incite humour & the Nobel War Prize goes to…

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Impeach Justice Varma & look into all his verdicts, Allahabad HC bar association demands

The bar association has also questioned the procedure to appoint Supreme Court and high court judges, calling it non-transparent, and called for a review of the collegium system.

Judicial duties withdrawn from Justice Yashwant Varma after cash discovery from home, says Delhi HC

Delhi HC Chief Justice Upadhyaya's report to the CJI said 'four to five semi-burnt sacks of Indian currency notes' were found from the judge's Lutyens' Delhi residence.

‘No cash placed in storeroom by me, family’—Justice Varma’s response to Delhi HC chief justice

In 6-page clarification to Justice Upadhyaya, who conducted a prelim probe into the allegations, Justice Varma said his staff present on night of the fire saw 'no currency at the site'.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.