Upgraded 12 August 2025 at 12:53 IST
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla revealed a three-member panel to probe claims versus Justice Yashwant Varma.
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New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday revealed the development of a three-member questions committee to take a look at the impeachment movement versus Justice Yashwant Varma, following the discovery of a big stash of unaccounted money at his house.
The committee consists of Supreme Court judge Justice Arvind Kumar, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Justice Maninder Mohan Srivastava, and senior supporter B.V. Acharya from the Karnataka High Court. The panel has actually been entrusted with performing an extensive examination and sending its findings “as early as possible,” Birla stated.
The Speaker validated that the committee was established after getting a movement signed by 146 Members of Parliament looking for Justice Varma’s elimination. “The proposition will stay pending till the questions committee sends its report,” he included.
The impeachment treatment versus a sitting judge is governed by Article 124( 4) of the Constitution. According to the laid-down procedure, when the query committee sends its findings, the report will be put before your house for additional action.
The committee holds the authority to collect proof and cross-examine witnesses throughout its questions. Ought to the committee discover Justice Varma guilty of misbehavior, the movement for his elimination will be disputed and voted on in the Lok Sabha. If passed, it will then be sent out to the Rajya Sabha for a comparable procedure.
This newest relocation follows the Supreme Court’s current termination of Justice Varma’s plea challenging an earlier internal questions report and the Chief Justice of India’s suggestion to the President for his elimination.
With both the judgment union and the opposition supposedly in arrangement on pursuing the impeachment, the procedure is anticipated to continue without significant obstacles.