Lok Sabha Inquiry Committee on Justice Yashwant Varma
Three-member Judges (Inquiry) Act panel; found all three charges against Justice Varma proved after he had already resigned
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla constituted the committee on August 12, 2025 under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.
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- LiveLaw — Lok Sabha Inquiry Committee Indicts Justice Yashwant Varma, Says No Explanation For Huge Cash Bundles At Home
The committee was constituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on August 12, 2025, to examine allegations concerning Justice Varma. The panel was headed by Supreme Court Justice Aravind Kumar and included the then Bombay High Court Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar(since elevated to the SC) and Senior Advocate BV Acharya.
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Senior Advocate B.V. Acharya sat on the committee.
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- LiveLaw — Lok Sabha Inquiry Committee Indicts Justice Yashwant Varma, Says No Explanation For Huge Cash Bundles At Home
The committee was constituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on August 12, 2025, to examine allegations concerning Justice Varma. The panel was headed by Supreme Court Justice Aravind Kumar and included the then Bombay High Court Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar(since elevated to the SC) and Senior Advocate BV Acharya.
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Supreme Court Justice Aravind Kumar chaired the committee.
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- LiveLaw — Lok Sabha Inquiry Committee Indicts Justice Yashwant Varma, Says No Explanation For Huge Cash Bundles At Home
The committee was constituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on August 12, 2025, to examine allegations concerning Justice Varma. The panel was headed by Supreme Court Justice Aravind Kumar and included the then Bombay High Court Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar(since elevated to the SC) and Senior Advocate BV Acharya.
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Then Bombay High Court Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar sat on the committee.
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- LiveLaw — Lok Sabha Inquiry Committee Indicts Justice Yashwant Varma, Says No Explanation For Huge Cash Bundles At Home
The committee was constituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on August 12, 2025, to examine allegations concerning Justice Varma. The panel was headed by Supreme Court Justice Aravind Kumar and included the then Bombay High Court Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar(since elevated to the SC) and Senior Advocate BV Acharya.
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The committee found all three articles of charge against Justice Varma proved, including unexplained currency at his residence; it reported to the Speaker on May 18, 2026 and the report was tabled Aug 12, 2026.
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- LiveLaw — Lok Sabha Inquiry Committee Indicts Justice Yashwant Varma, Says No Explanation For Huge Cash Bundles At Home
The Lok Sabha Committee inquiring into allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma, former judge of the Allahabad and Delhi High Court, has concluded that all three Articles of Charge framed against him are proved, with the panel finding substantial unexplained currency at his official residence, failure to preserve material evidence after its discovery, and evasive and misleading explanations by the judge.