New Delhi: Supreme Court released report on Saturday Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, who was asked to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the allegations against Justice Yashwant Verma, whose residence was found to be unacceptable cash.
The 25-Page report also includes Justice Verma’s six-room response, which has been rejected by allegations and photographs as well as burnt cash videos.
A video clip of the burn cash recovered from the storeroom was made at the residence of Justice Verma in the Tughlaq Crescent area, when a team of firefighters and police reached the spot to extinguish the bang on the night of 14 March.
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According to Justice Upadhyay’s report, on Friday night, Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna was presented, the video clip was shared by the Delhi Police Commissioner with him on 15 March. Justice Upadhyay, on the instructions of CG Khanna, started an initial investigation, in response to which Justice Verma denied owning cash found at his residence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eqhw8plkbc
The High Court judge claimed ignorance that the storeroom is never closed and that an attempt is being made to discredit it. However, in his prima facie opinion, Justice Upadhyay rejected the clarification of Justice Verma and believed that a deep investigation was required in the case.
Following his report, CJI Khanna on Saturday formed a three-member high-level inquiry to investigate the case. This has been done as part of the in-house inquiry process that the apex court has developed to investigate the allegations against the HC and the Apex court sitting judges.
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