New Delhi
There has been a big action in the cash scandal against Justice Yashwant Verma. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has accepted the impeachment motion against former Delhi High Court judge Verma on Tuesday. The proposal was introduced with the signature of 146 MPs. Speaker Om Birla along with this considering the complaint against Justice Verma as a serious nature and 3 to investigate the matter Announced the formation of a member committee.
Speaker Om Birla said that in the opinion of the then Chief Justice of India, a thorough investigation on this matter is necessary. Also, in view of the nature of the complaint, the process of removing from the post needs to be started according to the rules. He said, “While finding this proposal appropriate, I have approved it and formed an inquiry committee on the request to remove it from the post.”
Who in the inquiry committee?
In this committee, three senior members Supreme Court Judge Justice Arvind Kumar, Justice Maninder Mohan Srivastava of the Madras High Court and former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court and senior legalist B.K. V. Acharya has been included.
Speaker Om Birla said that further action will be taken against Justice Verma only after the investigation report of this committee.
What is the whole matter of Justice Verma?
The government bungalow of former Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Verma caught fire this year on Holi. As soon as the news was received, firefighters and police, who arrived to extinguish the fire, got a huge amount of cash there. He then complained to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, who informed the Supreme Court about this. The Supreme Court again transferred Justice Verma to the Allahabad High Court and made an internal investigation against him.
According to media reports, this inquiry committee of the Supreme Court found the allegations against Justice Verma correct. Meanwhile, preparations for impeachment started in Parliament to remove him from the post of Judge. However, Justice Verma has called himself innocent and called all these allegations a conspiracy.
