Justice Varma money row: Lok Sabha Speaker pronounces three-member enquiry panel

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday (August 12, 2025) introduced a three-member inquiry committee to probe the costs towards Justice Yashwant Varma, an Allahabad High Court decide, from whose home wads of burnt forex notes had been recovered in March.

The three-member committee consists of Justice Arvind Kumar of the Supreme Court, Justice Manindra Mohan Srivastava, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court and Senior Advocate of Karnataka High Court B.V. Acharya.

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The Speaker knowledgeable the Lok Sabha that he acquired a memorandum from BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad and a delegation of MPs belonging to a number of political events for the elimination of the High Court decide. “146 MPs from each Treasury and Opposition benches have signed in it,” Mr. Birla stated.

A discover for the elimination of a decide needs to be signed by not lower than 100 members within the Lok Sabha and 50 within the Rajya Sabha. The movement can both be accepted or rejected by the Speaker or the Chairman.

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Wads of half-burnt forex notes had been discovered on the official residence of Justice Varma in Delhi when a fireplace broke on the market on March 14. He was subsequently transferred to Allahabad High Court from Delhi High Court, and the Supreme Court constituted a committee to look into the allegations.