Justice Yashwant Verma has reprimanded the petitioner who reached the Supreme Court seeking to register an FIR in the cash case. The petitioner repeatedly called Justice Yashwant Verma as ‘Verma’. Annoyed by this, Chief Justice BR Gavai said, ‘He is not your friend. Do not forget that he is still an honorable judge of the High Court. His name cannot be taken in this way.
Advocate Mathews Nedumpra had earlier filed a petition for an FIR against Justice Verma 2 times. For the first time, the Supreme Court said that the Chief Justice has formed an in -house committee of 3 judges for investigation. Then for the second time he said that the report of the committee has been sent to the President and the Prime Minister.
Request for early hearing from Chief Justice BR Gawai
Nedumpra, who reached the Supreme Court for the third time, requested Chief Justice BR Gavai to hear soon. Nedumpra said, ‘Verma himself has created such a situation that FIR is necessary.’ Chief Justice BR Gawai was enraged at this.
He said, ‘How are you addressing them? He is still Justice Verma. On this, Nedumpra said that in his eyes, Justice Verma is not worthy of such respect. The Chief Justice refused to put the case immediately and said, “Do not teach the court right and wrong.”
Petition filed in Supreme Court
Let us know that last week, Justice Yashwant Verma has approached the Supreme Court and filed a petition against the committee’s decision. In the petition, Justice Verma has said that the committee did not give him a proper opportunity to present his case. Worked on the basis of predetermined thinking and gave his conclusion. There was a need to investigate whose cash it was? But instead of conducting proper investigation, the committee asked him to prove that the cash is not their.