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On March 14, the Delhi HC judge’s government bungalow was on fire. There firefighters found sacks filled with burnt 500 rupee notes.
The report of the panel investigating the cash case found from Justice Yashwant Verma’s house has come out. It states that High Court Judge Yashwant Verma and his family members had a secret or active control on the store room. It was here that a large amount of half -edged notes were found after the fire on the night of 14 March.
The panel report states that it shows Justice Verma’s misconduct, which is so serious that he should be removed. At the time of the incident, Justice Verma was a judge of the Delhi High Court and is now working in the Allahabad High Court.
A panel of three judges headed by Chief Justice Sheel Nagu of Punjab and Haryana High Court investigated for 10 days. 55 witnesses were questioned and visited the official residence of Justice Verma.
The report also said, keeping in mind the evidence on the record, the committee agrees that there are enough facts in the allegations made in the CJI’s 22 March letter. The misconduct is so serious that action should be initiated to remove Justice Verma.
3 important points of panel reports …
- Justice Verma how to respond about the presence of money/cash in his complex 30 Tughlaq Crescent room (store room). Justice Verma was asked about its source.
- Who had withdrawn the burnt money/cash from the store room on the morning of 15 March. The panel in its report criticized the testimony of Justice Verma’s daughter, who was at home at the time of the incident. Witness behavior It proved that she was surprised by the incident of that night and was nervous.
- The panel dismissed Justice Verma’s stance in which he said that the entrance of the store room was constantly being monitored with CCTV cameras and was under the control of security personnel. Therefore it is impossible that cash was kept in the store room.