Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Verma, who is facing investigation due to the recovery of burnt currency notes in his house, has reached the Supreme Court. Justice Verma has challenged the formation of a 3-member committee on behalf of the Lok Sabha Speaker for investigation. The court has issued notice to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariat on his petition.
Notes were found in March
On March 14, 2025, there was a fire at the Delhi house of Justice Yashwant Verma. At that time he was a judge of Delhi High Court. After the fire was extinguished, police and fire brigade personnel found a large amount of burnt cash there. After this controversy, Justice Verma was transferred to Allahabad High Court. Besides, he was also separated from judicial work. That means he is a judge but cannot hear any case.
Committee formed on 12 August
On the basis of the proposal received from the members of the Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla had constituted the inquiry committee on 12 August 2025. The chairman of this committee constituted under Section 3(2) of the Judges Inquiry Act, 1968 is Supreme Court judge Justice Arvind Kumar. Madras High Court judge Justice Manindra Mohan Srivastava and senior lawyer BV Acharya are its members.
What is said in the petition?
Justice Yashwant Verma’s argument is that the proposal to remove him from the post was presented in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the same day. A joint inquiry committee should have been formed by both the Houses on this proposal presented on July 21. Due to the sudden resignation of the then Chairman (Vice President) of Rajya Sabha, Rajya Sabha did not take any decision. Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha Speaker took a unilateral decision and formed a committee. This was legally wrong.
What did the court say?
Senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi appeared on behalf of Justice Yashwant Verma before a two-judge bench headed by Supreme Court Justice Dipankar Dutta. After hearing Rohatgi’s arguments, the judges expressed surprise that the law making house did not pay attention to the law. Rohatgi requested for early hearing and said that the committee has asked Verma to appear in January. On this the court said that it will hear it on January 7.
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