Fire at judge’s bungalow leads to recovery of a large amount of cash; release of pictures and videos
Fire at the judge’s bungalow leads to the recovery of a large amount of cash: There has been a new twist in the case of the fire in Justice Yashwant Verma’s house and the recovery of cash. Chief Justice (CJI) Sanjeev Khanna has ordered the release of pictures and videos showing the interior of Justice Verma’s house. In this video, bundles of burnt notes are visible inside Justice Verma’s house.
Along with this, the report of Delhi High Court Chief Justice DK Upadhyay related to this case has also been made public. Justice Verma’s reply has also been made public. The documents related to the case have also been put on the website.
Decision to make all records public:
To present the court’s stand before the public, the CJI had decided to make all the records related to this case public. Let us tell you that this is the first time in the history of the Supreme Court that all the records related to the case have been made public.
A committee has been formed to look into the allegations:
In addition, CJI Sanjeev Khanna has formed a three-member committee to investigate the charges against Justice Verma. The committee will include Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Sheel Nagu; Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, Justice GS Sandhawalia; and Justice Anu Sivaraman of Karnataka High Court.
What is the whole matter of justice verma case?
The Supreme Court took a big step late on Saturday night and uploaded the entire internal investigation report on its website, along with pictures and videos related to the incident of the alleged huge amount of cash found at the official residence of Justice Yashwant Verma of the Delhi High Court. According to the report, Justice Verma has clearly stated that neither he nor any member of his family had ever kept any cash in the store room of the house, and he denies that the alleged cash was his.
According to the investigation report of Delhi High Court Chief Justice DK Upadhyay, four to five half-burnt bundles of Indian currency were found. The 25-page investigation report also includes videos and photographs of the operation to extinguish the fire at Justice Verma’s residence on the night of Holi, during which the cash was recovered.
Justice Upadhyay wrote, On examining the reported incident, available material, and the reply of Justice Yashwant Verma, what I found is that the Commissioner of Police in his report dated March 16 has stated that according to the guard posted at the residence of Justice Yashwant Verma, the debris and other partially burnt items were removed from the room where the fire broke out on the morning of March 15.
Need to investigate the matter:
He wrote, prima facie, my investigation does not reveal the possibility of entry or access to the room by anyone other than the people living in the bungalow, domestic helpers, gardeners, and CPWD personnel (if any). Justice Upadhyay stated in his report prepared on March 21: “I think that the whole matter should be thoroughly investigated.” The report was released to the public last Saturday night. The Question Raised in the Rajya Sabha: This question was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
This issue was heard in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar had said that he would find a way to hold a systematic discussion on this issue. Congress’s Jairam Ramesh raised this issue and sought a reply from the Chairman on judicial accountability and reminded him about the pending notice regarding impeachment against a judge of the Allahabad High Court.
Who Is Justice Verma?
Justice Verma was enrolled as an advocate on August 8, 1992, so says the Delhi High Court website. On October 13, 2014, he was appointed temporary judge of the Allahabad High Court. On February 1, 2016, he was made a permanent judge of that court next to becoming one of the judges of the Delhi High Court in oath on October 11, 2021. The Supreme Court has its own in-house mechanism for looking into such allegations against judges of constitutional courts.
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