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The three-member High Court Judges Committee began an in-depth investigation into the allegations of “half-burning sacks” found in Justice Yashwant Varma’s Tughlak Crescent Residence blowroom on Tuesday (March 25, 2025).
The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Courts Sheel Nagu Committee, Himaal Pradesh Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Karnataka High Court Justice Anu Sivaraman, visited the residence of Justice Varma in a portion of the second hour, which was the second and more intensive stage.
Justice Varma’s response was part of a document released by the Supreme Court along with videos and photos, saying: “To this day, the ditch remains in the state.”
Similarly, a report submitted by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi, and Deputy Secretary General, describes the condition of the room after the fire.
High Court officials, dispatched by Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya on the night of the March 14 fire, said he accompanied Varma and his private secretary during a 10-minute inspection of the room.
“After getting there, I found that the interior of the room was completely black and there were cracks in the walls. We all took out our phones and turned on the torch and looked inside the room. We saw that all the walls were cremated, some materials were hung because of the fire, some materials were hung on the roof, and half-explosive articles were lying there and lying in the room / Debris of the Floes in the Floes. On March 16, he was in his report to the Chief Justice of Delhi.
Justice Varma also mentioned his response inspection, adding: “No currency was found at that time, nor any cash was seen on the spot”.
However, Chief Justice Upadhyaya’s investigation report, on March 21, recorded his views on the deeper investigation of India’s Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, referring to a reference to the incident of the Delhi Police Commissioner, which was deleted by Delhi police on the morning of March 15. A security guard at the residence saw “half-explosive articles and debris” in the residence.
At this point, Judge Valma said in a March 22 response: “I have asked the people present and they also pointed out that there was no “dismantling” the currency, allegedly found or evacuated from the site. The only things that were removed were debris, debris and what they thought could still be saved.
Three questions
The Commission of Inquiry will work to delve into these claims and counters, especially articles involving so-called deletion of rooms, and whether rooms are free to access everyone or are usually locked. The committee may look more deeply into three questions raised by the CJI during the preliminary investigation, i.e. how Justice Varma explains the money allegedly found in the room; the source of the money; who took it out of the room on March 15.
Keeping in mind the internal process is to keep in mind the allegations against the current judge, the individual integrity of the parties and the sensitivity to preserving the reputation of the institution. Even if the three-person committee is free to design its own procedures, there is an inherent requirement that the rules of natural justice must be followed when exploring the authenticity of the allegations.
“Not only is the judge concerned with the opportunity not only to deny the allegations against him, but even the complainant will be satisfied that the investigation will not be unfair. ‘Internal Procedures’ were designed, and therefore ‘Internal Procedures’ were designed to ensure that preferences, biases or biases were excluded.” Other District and Conference Judges ‘X’ with Registered Offices Central Court of the High Court.
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