Supreme Court initiates in-house probe into Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma cash recovery incident: Report | Latest News India

The Supreme Court on Friday initiated an in-house probe into Delhi high court Justice Yashwant Varma after a huge pile of unaccounted cash was allegedly recovered from his residence after a fire broke out at the bungalow, Bar & Bench reported, citing unnamed sources.

The Supreme Court has also sought a report from Delhi high court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, the report added.

The development comes after the Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has reportedly decided to transfer Justice Yashwant Varma from the Delhi high court to his parent Allahabad high court following the incident.

Justice Yashwant Varma was currently heading a division bench, which was dealing with cases of sales tax, GST, company appeals and other appeals of the original side.

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He was enrolled as an advocate on August 8, 1992. The judge was appointed as an additional judge of the Allahabad high court on October 13, 2014.

According to official information, he took oath as a permanent judge of the Allahabad high court on February 1, 2016, and was appointed as a judge of the Delhi High Court on October 11, 2021.

This is a developing story. More details are awaited.