NEW DELHI: Justice Yashwant Varma on Friday submitted his resignation to the President amid money restoration row and impeachment course of.This follows the controversy over the alleged discovery of unaccounted money and the impeachment proceedings initiated towards him in Parliament, ANI reported. Justice Varma of the Allahabad excessive court docket was earlier transferred from the Delhi excessive court docket after the allegations surfaced. He took oath on April 5 final yr and was later positioned underneath a Supreme Courtroom-led in-house inquiry, which advisable additional motion.In his April 9 letter to President, Justice Varma mentioned that he didn’t wish to burden President’s ‘august workplace’ with the explanations that “constrained” him to resign. “It’s with deep anguish that I tender my resignation as Decide of Allahabad HC with quick impact,” he mentioned within the letter.
What’s the case about?
The case facilities on allegations that unaccounted money was recovered after a fireplace broke out in a storeroom at Justice Varma’s official residence on March 14.Hearth tenders responding to the blaze discovered substantial quantities of money on the premises. The decide was not current on the residence on the time.The incident triggered an in-house inquiry by the Supreme Courtroom, the findings of which led to the initiation of impeachment proceedings in Parliament.The Lok Sabha Speaker accepted a movement signed by 146 Members of Parliament and arrange a three-member committee to analyze the allegations. The panel included Justice Amit Kumar, Justice Maninder Mohan Srivastava and BB Acharya.Throughout earlier hearings, the Supreme Courtroom questioned why Justice Varma didn’t problem the in-house inquiry course of on the outset and as an alternative participated in it earlier than elevating objections later.Justice Varma had argued that the proceedings had been unconstitutional and challenged each the inquiry findings and the advice made by then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to provoke impeachment.