Choose Money Row: Chief Justice To Meet 6 Excessive Court docket Bar Associations’ Heads

New Delhi:
Six Bar heads, together with from Gujarat Excessive Court docket, Kerala Excessive Court docket, Karnataka Excessive Court docket, Lucknow Bar Affiliation, Allahabad Excessive Court docket, have written to the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna looking for a keep of switch order of Delhi Excessive Court docket decide Yashwant Varma, at whose residence a considerable amount of money was discovered.
Later, CJI Khanna agreed to satisfy the Bar Associations’ heads.
Within the letter, the associations have sought accountability and correct investigation into the case pertaining to money restoration from Varma’s 30, Tughlaq Crescent residence. Additional, the letter urges that the report by Delhi Excessive Court docket Chief Justice of DK Upadhyay be made public and that the accountability of judges be laid down.
The Bar Associations have requested the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court docket Collegium to withdraw switch of Justice Varma and to withdraw all administrative work along with the judicial work which is already withdrawn.
“The Presidents of the Bar Affiliation will meet at Allahabad within the occasion of non-withdrawal of the switch order of Justice Yashwant Varma to point out solidarity with the Excessive Court docket Bar Affiliation of Allahabad,” a joint assertion learn. The assertion comes even because the Allahabad Excessive Court docket Bar Affiliation is towards the switch of Justice Varma to his mum or dad courtroom after he was de-rostered by the Delhi Excessive Court docket following a directive from Chief Justice of India.
The three-member in-house committee appointed by the Supreme Court docket is predicted to satisfy Justice Varma this week. Forward of the inquiry, he sought authorized opinion from senior advocates Siddharth Aggarwal, Maneka Guruswamy, Arundhati Katju and advocate Tara Narula.
The findings of the essential inquiry will resolve the destiny of Justice Varma who’s dealing with allegations that “4 to 5 semi-burnt sacks of Indian foreign money notes” had been discovered at his house following a fireplace on March 14.
Justice Varma has strongly rejected the allegations and stated no money was ever positioned within the storeroom of his home both by him or any of his members of the family.