Chief Justice BR Gawai has separated himself from the hearing of the cash scandal of Justice Yashwant Verma. During the hearing on Wednesday, he said, “It would not be appropriate for me to attend the hearing of this case, because I have been a part of it before.”
In fact, 19 July Justice Verma filed a petition in the Supreme Court. In this, he appealed to cancel the in-house committee report and the recommendation of impeachment. In the report, Justice Verma has been convicted for getting cash in the house.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal argued on behalf of Justice Verma in the Supreme Court. He said that it has some constitutional issues. Please set up benches as soon as possible. On this, the Supreme Court said that a new bench will be set up to hear the case.
On the other hand, impeachment proceedings against Justice Yashwant Verma have also started in Parliament. To remove Justice Verma, 152 MPs submitted a memorandum to Speaker Om Birla in the Lok Sabha on 21 July. More than 50 MPs in the Rajya Sabha signed the proposal.
In the petition, Justice Verma said- I do not prove to get a note from the house that they were mine
On July 18, Justice Verma filed a petition in the Supreme Court. In this, he argued that the recovery of cash on the exterior of his residence does not prove that they are involved in it, as the internal inquiry committee did not decide whose cash or how it was found in the premises.
Questioning the findings of the committee, they have argued- this is based on estimates. Justice Verma is not named in the petition, but in the Supreme Court Diary it has been recorded from the title of ‘XXX vs. Government of India and others’.
Justice Verma asks for answers to 5 questions
Justice Verma has sought answers to 5 questions in his petition, as well as 10 arguments, on the basis of which the inquiry committee has been requested to cancel the report and cancel the recommendation of impeachment.
