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The Supreme Court on March 22 formed a committee of 3 judges. (File photo)
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjeev Khanna submitted the investigation report of Justice Yashwant Verma Cash Recovery Case to President Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A committee with three judges is investigating this case. Justice Verma’s reply has also been sent along with this report.
Giving official information, the Supreme Court said that this action has been taken under the in-house process. When the Executive Action seems necessary against a judge, the Supreme Court submits the report to the government. At the moment, this report has not been made public.
On May 4, the investigation report was submitted to CJI CJI Sanjeev Khanna formed a committee on March 21 to investigate the Justice Verma case. It included Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Himachal High Court Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Karnataka High Court Justice Anu Shivraman. The committee started an investigation on 25 March. On May 4, CJI submitted his report.
This picture is on 14 March. 500-500 notes were burnt in the fire in Justice Yashwant Verma’s house.
₹ 500 notes were found outside the house On March 16, during the cleaning outside the bungalow of Justice Yashwant Verma, the cleaning workers received a half-district notes of Rs 500-500. Scavengers said that even 4-5 days ago we had received such notes. These notes were lying in leaves on the road during cleaning.
Allahabad High Court Bar Association Transfer On March 23, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association protested against sending Justice Yashwant Verma back to Allahabad. Bar had called the General House meeting, in which a proposal was passed to bring impeachment motion against Justice Verma.
Also, a proposal was passed to demand an inquiry into the case with ED and CBI. A copy of the proposal was also sent to the Supreme Court CJI. On March 23, the Delhi High Court withdrew the charge from Justice Verma.
The representatives of the association had met CJI Sanjeev Khanna and the members of the collegium on March 27 demanding to reconsider the transfer.
Justice Yashwant Verma was appointed as a judge in the Allahabad High Court itself. After this, his Delhi High Court was transferred in October 2021. Before becoming a judge, he has also been the Chief Standing Council of the State Government in the Allahabad High Court.
March 28- Justice Verma appeared before the inquiry committee On March 28, Justice Verma appeared before the inquiry committee. Chief Justice Sheel Nagu of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court GS Anu Shivraman, Chief Justice of Sandhavalia and Karnataka High Court, was present. Justice Verma was questioned about fire and cash in his house.
Fire Service Chief’s appearance in front of Inhouses Investigation Committee
Justice Nagu exiting the circuit house after 5 hours of interrogation of Delhi Fire Service Chief Atul Garg.
On March 27, Delhi Fire Service Chief Atul Garg also appeared before the Supreme Court Investigation Panel. According to sources, Atul Garg testified before the investigation panel at Haryana State Circuit House in Chanakyapuri and recorded his statement. However, Garg denied the claims of the fire fighting cash being recovered.
Policemen’s phones sent to forensic lab In the cash case, mobile phones of 8 personnel of Delhi Police were seized and sent to the forensic department. According to reports, the mobiles of two personnel and three PCR personnel who reached the spot on the station house officer (SHO), the investigating officer Havildar Roopchand, Sub-Inspector Rajneesh of Tughlaq Road Police Station and mobiles of three PCR personnel were examined.
Officials are trying to find out whether a video was recorded on their mobile phone when the officials reached the spot during the fire. If the video was recorded, was he tampered with. Delhi Police has also recorded all these statements.
In 2018 too, the name was associated with a scam of Rs 97.85 crore
Earlier in 2018, the CBI lodged an FIR against Justice Verma in the case of disturbances in the Simbhavali sugar mill of Ghaziabad. According to NDTV report, Oriental Bank of Commerce complained of the mill disturbances. The complaint said that the sugar mill has misused a loan of Rs 97.85 crore issued for the farmers.
Justice Verma was then the non-executive director of the company. The CBI started investigation in this case. However, the investigation slowed down. In February 2024, a court ordered the CBI to resume the closed investigation, but the Supreme Court overturned the order and the CBI stopped the investigation.
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