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The Court found the provision in paragraph 7(ii) of the Procedure requiring the CJI to write to the President and the Prime Minister along with the report of the Committee to be in order, legal and valid.
The 3-Member Committee was constituted after reports surfaced that a huge pile of unaccounted cash amounting to Rs. 15 crores were found from the residence of Justice Varma.
Justice Varma’s transfer was recommended by the Collegium on 24-3-2025 and the same was confirmed by the President of India on 28-3-2025.
The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the Chief Justice of India, on 24-3-2025, recommended the transfer of Justice Yashwant Varma.
An in-house enquiry was initiated by the Supreme Court after reports surfaced that a huge pile of unaccounted cash was found from the residence of Justice Varma.
Reports suggest that the cash was found when a fire brigade reached Justice Varma’s residence to douse a fire. Allegedly Justice Varma was not at his residence then.