SP President and former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav said the Delhi high Court sitting judge Yashwant Varma may be he had borrowed the money. A fire at the judge’s house inadvertently led to the recovery of cash. The cash was found initially by fire tenders when a fire broke out in the judge’s residence on March 14.
Akhilesh Yadav said, “Maybe he (Yashwant Verma) had borrowed that money… only a small amount has been seized. We have seen several hundred crore rupees seized in Uttarakhand, but till date, it has not been ascertained whose money it is. “
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Notably, sanitation workers have said they found burnt pieces of currency notes near the official residence of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma who is facing a probe over cash allegedly recovered from his residence.
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Saturday constituted a three-member committee consisting of Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Himachal Pradesh Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Karnataka High Court Judge, Justice Anu Sivaraman to conduct an inquiry into the allegations.
The Supreme Court has released the inquiry report filed by Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay into the controversy involving High Court Justice Yashwant Varma, as per a press release by the Supreme Court.
In his report, the Delhi High Court Chief Justice said that he is of the prima facie opinion that the entire matter warrants a deeper probe.
The Supreme Court also released the response of Justice Yashwant Varma, who has denied the allegations and said that it clearly appeared to be a conspiracy to frame and malign him.
