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Supreme Court docket dismisses Justice Yashwant Varma’s petition in opposition to parliamentary panel probing corruption prices in opposition to him.
The Supreme Court docket dismissed Justice Yashwant Varma’s petition over Parliamentary Panel. (File picture/PTI)
In an enormous setback to Justice Yashwant Varma, the Supreme Court docket on Thursday dismissed his petition difficult the Lok Sabha Speaker’s determination to confess a movement looking for his removing following stories of unaccounted money discovered at his official residence in Delhi final yr, and to represent an inquiry committee underneath the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.
The highest courtroom’s determination got here after the Allahabad Excessive Court docket decide challenged the validity of a Parliamentary Committee constituted by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha to probe corruption prices in opposition to him.
The bench of justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma categorically rejected justice Varma’s contentions {that a} joint committee was necessary underneath the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.
January 16, 2026, 11:01 IST
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