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The Supreme Court on Friday began an in-house inquiry into Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Varma after a pile of cash was recovered from his official residence after a fire incident, Bar and Bench reported. The apex court has sought a report from the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Devendra Kumar Upadhyayaregarding the matter.

Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court was transferred to the Allahabad High Court following the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium. The Supreme Court collegium led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna made the recommendations for his transfer to the Central Government.

Meanwhile, Justice Varma did not hold court today and his court staff revealed in open court that he was on leave, Bar and Bench reported.

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As per the in-house procedure devised by SC in 1999 to deal with allegations of corruption, wrongdoing or impropriety against constitutional court judges, CJI on receipt of a complaint, seeks response of the judge.

He can set up the in-house probe panel comprising an SC judge and chief justices of two HCs in case he is not satisfied with the response or concludes that the matter requires deeper probe.

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Yashwant Varma was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court on October 13, 2014. He took oath as a Permanent Judge of that Court on February 1, 2016 and was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Delhi on October 11, 2021