டில்லி ஐகோர்ட் நீதிபதி யஷ்வந்த் வர்மா வீட்டில் கட்டு கட்டாக பணம் பறிமுதல் செய்யப்பட்ட நிலையில், அவரை பணியிட மாற்றம் செய்ய சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட்டின் கொலிஜியம் முடிவு...!
When the Supreme Court Collegium met on Thursday (March 20) to discuss the serious issue of accidental discovery of substantial piles of cash from the official residence of Justice Yashwant Varma, a senior judge of the Delhi high court and a member of its collegium, a majority of the members of the Supreme Court Collegium pushed Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna for “strictest-possible” action, including the initiation of an in-house inquiry and impeachment proceedings against the judge.
The Wire has learnt that least one Supreme Court judge even asked the CJI if he had called the judge and sought his resignation, or considered asking the Delhi high court chief justice to withdraw work from him.
However, finally, deferring to the wishes of the CJI, it was decided that, to begin with, the erring judge could be transferred back to his parent high court – the Allahabad high court. The Allahabad High Court Bar Association has reacted strongly to this, releasing a statement titled, “We are not trash bin.”
While all five judges who are members of the Supreme Court Collegium – CJI Khanna, Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Vikram Nath – agreed to the transfer resolution, some of them felt that unless stricter action was initiated, it would further erode public faith in the higher judiciary.

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