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While hearing the petitions, the CJI asked the petitioners not to make public statements.
On Wednesday, the police reached his house in the case of the bundle of burnt notes of Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Verma. According to reports, DCP New Delhi Devesh’s team has sealed the store room to get the money.
At the same time, the Supreme Court has asked to hear the petition seeking to register an FIR against Justice Verma. The court has ordered the petitioner Advocate Mathews J. Nedumpra not to make a public statement.
However, Mathew praised CJI and said that he has done a good job by making public the video of the burnt notes public.
Apart from this, the second petitioner challenged the CJI’s decision, asking the panel of 3 judges to conduct an internal investigation. The petitioner said that if so much money was found at a businessman’s house, ED and IT would fall behind.
On the other hand, the police investigated the incident of fire in Justice Verma’s house. At the same time, the employees were questioned to get the notes.
In fact, Justice Verma’s house caught fire on Holi on 14 March. When the fire service team went to extinguish her, they found a half-number of 500-500 rupees in sacks in the store room.
Justice Yashwant Verma’s house in Lutyens Delhi caught fire on the night of 14 March. The store room of his house was found sacks filled with bundles of 500-500 rupees burn notes in a room.
3 -member team investigated Justice Verma’s house
A three -member inquiry committee formed by the Supreme Court reached the house of Justice Verma on Tuesday and investigated. The team also went to the store room where half-boring sacks were found filled with 500-500 rupee notes.
The committee consists of Chief Justice Justice of Punjab-Haryana High Court, Sheel Nagu, Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Karnataka High Court Justice Anu Shivraman.
The team went to the store room where the half-ranked sacks filled with ₹ 500-₹ 500 notes were found.
Allahabad High Court Bar Association in protest against the return to Justice Verma
On March 23, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association had opposed the talk of sending Justice Yashwant Verma back to Allahabad. On March 23, the Delhi High Court withdrew the charge from Justice Verma.
Bar called the General House meeting. In which a proposal was passed to demand a motion of impeachment against Justice Verma. Also, a proposal was passed to demand an inquiry into the case with ED and CBI. A copy of the proposal has also been sent to the Supreme Court CJI.
First know what is the matter …
Justice Yashwant Verma’s house in Lutyens Delhi caught fire on the night of 14 March. The store room of his house was found sacks filled with bundles of 500-500 rupees burn notes in a room. The question arose as to where so much cash came from. The case caught fire.
March 21: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh raised the matter in the Rajya Sabha. He had raised the issue of judicial accountability and mentioned the pending notice to the Chairman regarding impeachment against a judge of the Allahabad High Court.
March 22: CJI Sanjeev Khanna formed a three -member committee to investigate the allegations against Justice Verma. He had asked the Delhi High Court Chief Justice not to hand over any work to Justice Verma.
March 22: Late in the night, the Supreme Court released a video of 15 crore cash from Justice’s house. In the 65 second video, burnt sacks filled with notes are visible. Justice Verma himself has been on leave since the revelations of the case.
March 21: A proposal was made to transfer the Allahabad High Court of Justice Verma.
Justice Yashwant Verma was appointed as a judge in the Allahabad High Court itself. After this, his Delhi High Court was transferred in October 2021. Before becoming a judge, he has also been the Chief Standing Council of the State Government in the Allahabad High Court.
March 23: 3 -member committee formed for cash scandal A three -member inquiry committee was constituted to investigate the cash case on the orders of CJI Sanjeev Khanna of the Supreme Court. This includes Justice Sheel Nagu (Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court), GS Sandhawalia (Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court) and Justice Anu Shivraman of Karnataka High Court.
In how long the investigation of the case is to be completed, it has not been decided at the moment. If the inquiry committee reaches the conclusion that the allegations are correct, CJI Sanjeev Khanna can take these steps to start the proceedings to remove Justice Verma …
- CJI Sanjeev Khanna may advise Justice Verma to resign or take voluntary retirement.
- If Justice Verma does not consider CJI’s advice, he will issue an order to the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court not to give him any work.
- After this, the CJI will give a report of a three -member committee to the President and the Prime Minister and tell its results. After which the process of removing Justice Verma from the post will be started.
Now see 3 pictures of Justice Verma’s house …
In the picture released by the Supreme Court, the bundle of 500 rupee notes is seen burnt.
The inquiry committee said in the report that about 3-4 sacks were found burnt.
The room in which the fire broke out was used as a store room.
Justice Verma also side in Supreme Court report
The report also has Justice Verma’s side, in which he has said that he or his family never kept any money in the store room where notes are being found. It is an open place where everyone has to come and go. They are being implicated in this case.
Delhi High Court Chief Justice DK Upadhyay submitted a report to the Supreme Court on 21 March after the internal inquiry. The Supreme Court has refused to give judicial work to Justice Verma. Now 6 months’ call details of Justice Verma will be examined.
President of Bar Association said- Hurry to reach some conclusion Mohit Mathur, president of the Delhi High Court Bar Association, said- I believe that Bar Association works as a judge of judges. No lawyers complained to me till date against Justice Verma.
He said- Justice Verma is one of the finest judges of the Delhi High Court. However, the allegations against him and the ongoing evidence in the public domain are very serious. The video clip is not clear, so it is too early to come on a decision.
What next after the report…
CJI Sanjeev Khanna’s 3 questions
- How will Justice Verma justify so much cash found in the premises of the house?
- Whatever amount has been received, Justice Verma should also explain what is his source?
- Which person removed the burnt notes from the room on the morning of 15 March?
CJI 3 orders
- Details of security officers and guards should also be given to Justice Verma’s house.
- In the last 6 months, the official and personal call details of Justice Verma should be extracted.
- Justice Verma is appealed, do not delete messages or data from their mobiles.
A part of the internal inquiry report available on the Supreme Court website.
Chief Justice of Delhi HC gave this information …
Chief Justice of Delhi High Court DK Upadhyay gave this information in the report sent to CJI on 21 and 22 March-
- On March 15, I was in Lucknow due to Holi holiday. At 4:50 pm, the Delhi Police Commissioner said on the phone that there was a fire in Justice Verma’s bungalow at 11:30 pm on March 14. The call was made by the private secretary of Justice Verma.
- The secretary was informed by the servant working at the residence about the fire. The room in which the fire broke out is next to the guard room. The store room was usually closed. I sent my registrar on the spot, he told- there was no lock in the room where there was a fire.
- On reaching Delhi on the evening of 16 March, I met you (CJI) and gave a report. Then approached Justice Verma. He presented his side at the High Court Guest House at 8:30 am on March 17 and feared a conspiracy.
- According to my investigation, the entry of any outsiders does not seem possible in the first room where there was a fire. Only the person, servant, and CPWD personnel living there could go. Therefore, I am of the opinion that the case should be investigated deeply.
Name has been added to scam of Rs 97.85 crore in 2018 too
Earlier in 2018, the CBI lodged an FIR against Justice Verma in the case of disturbances in the Simbhavali sugar mill of Ghaziabad. According to NDTV report, Oriental Bank of Commerce complained of the mill disturbances. The complaint said that the sugar mill has misused a loan of Rs 97.85 crore issued for the farmers.
Justice Verma was then the non-executive director of the company. The CBI started investigation in this case. However, the investigation slowed down. In February 2024, a court ordered the CBI to resume the closed investigation, but the Supreme Court overturned the order and the CBI stopped the investigation.
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Read this news related to Justice Verma’s case …
High court judge’s house untuthed video: 65 second clip on SC website; Fire brigade said-Mahatma Gandhi caught fire
The Supreme Court has released a video of 15 crore cash from Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Verma’s house. In the 65 second video, sacks filled with notes are visible. The incident took place on 14 March. The fire brigade reached the bungalow on the information of the fire. At the same time, firefighters got these notes. The amount was around 15 crores. Read full news …
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