Hearing in Supreme Court on Justice Verma’s petition
The Supreme Court asked Justice Yashwant Verma accused in the cash scandal on Monday, ‘Why did you appear before the inquiry committee. Did you first try to bring the decision from there to your right.
In fact, Justice Verma of Allahabad High Court has appealed to cancel the in-house committee report and the recommendation of impeachment in his house burn cash note case.
Justice Verma has been convicted in the report. On behalf of Justice Verma, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal argued. The next hearing will be held on 30 July.
Justice Verma’s Appeal- Formed a bench as soon as possible
In the last hearing on 23 July, it was said by Justice Verma that there are some constitutional issues in it. Please set up benches as soon as possible. On this, the Supreme Court had said that a new bench would be formed 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.
At the same time, Chief Justice BR Gavai has separated himself from the hearing. He says that it would not be appropriate for me to attend the hearing of this case, because I have been a part of it before.
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.