The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the petition of Allahabad High Court Justice Yashwant Verma. In this petition, Justice Verma challenged the action taken against him for the cash scandal.
In fact, Justice Verma of Allahabad High Court had appealed to cancel the in-house report report and impeachment recommendation in his house burn cash note case. Justice Verma has been convicted in the report.
Justice Verma’s petition dismissed, 2 further possibilities
Hand over resignation: If Justice Verma resigns from his post, he will avoid facing impeachment. He will also get pension as a retired judge.
Facing impeachment: If Justice Verma is removed from the post through impeachment, he will not get pension and other benefits. However, he has already refused to resign.
Notice of impeachment in Parliament
Notice of impeachment in both houses of Parliament has been given against Justice Verma. During the monsoon session, 152 Lok Sabha MPs signed an impeachment motion against Justice Verma. At the same time, 54 MPs in the Rajya Sabha supported the impeachment motion against the judge. However, this notice has not been accepted in any House so far.
On July 21, the Supreme Court reprimanded a lawyer for addressing Justice Yashwant Verma of Allahabad High Court with his surname. Actually, advocate Mathews was addressing Nedumpra Justice Verma only as Verma.
