The Supreme Court has asked Justice Yashwant Verma, Judge of Allahabad High Court in the cash scandal, that the report of the inquiry committee should also be filed with its petition, after that the case will be heard. Justice Verma has also questioned the formation of a three -judge committee formed to investigate the case, on which the court asked him that if he had objections, why did he not come to court at the same time.
In the report of a three -judge committee, Justice Yashwant Verma was convicted of getting cash from the house, against which Justice Verma filed a petition and demanded that the report be declared invalid. Justice Yashwant Verma has also opposed this recommendation of former Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna, in which he had asked to remove Yashwant Verma from the post immediately.
On Monday (July 28, 2025), a petition of Justice Yashwant Verma was found in front of a bench headed by Justice Dipankar Dutta. Justice Dipankar Dutta from Justice Verma said that he has not seen the report of the inquiry committee and he should have also filed a report along with his petition. He said that first report, then he will hear his petition.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared on behalf of Justice Yashwant Verma. He said, ‘I will report to the court. You can postpone the hearing or first listen to the legal questions that we want to keep. On the recommendation of the removal of Justice Yashwant Verma from the post, Kapil Sibal said that the process of removing the judges from the post has been given in the Constitution and Judges Inquiry Act, it is not according to him to form an inquiry committee on behalf of the Chief Justice.
Kapil Sibal said that the power to remove judges has been given to the Parliament under Article 124 of the Constitution. The judge can be removed on the basis of misconduct or disability. Any other way has been given to remove a judge in the law or constitution of India. Prior to the report of the committee, the conduct of the judge is not discussed in Parliament either.
Kapil Sibal said that but the video was made public in this case, people started discussing, committee was also formed, which was wrong. Justice Dipankar Dutta, after hearing Kapil Sibal’s arguments, said, ‘So you say to the committee that you cannot investigate or come to court at the same time against the formation of the committee. Why now? ‘ He said that you are citing any letter from Chief Justice. He did not even put him on record. How will there be a hearing like this?
Justice Dipankar Dutta also told the petitioner that he is also opposing sending the report to the President and the Prime Minister. He said that the President appoints judges. If there are constitutional heads, then why is there being opposed to giving them information. Kapil Sibal said in the court that he will also keep the investigation report and the letter of the Chief Justice in the record. On the questions of Justice Dipankar, Kapil Sibal said that he was not opposing giving information to the President, but the money received from the house was from Justice Verma, why was it accepted. It should have been investigated whose money was there
(With input from Nipun Sehgal)