SC dismisses Justice Varma's plea seeking to invalidate panel report on cash discovery row

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma's petition seeking to overturn an in-house probe panel's findings that found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery case.

A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A.G. Masih ruled that Justice Varma's conduct does not inspire trust and that his petition should not be entertained.

The apex court held that the in-house procedure and the judges committee appointed by the then CJI adhered to the stipulated procedure and sending of the report to the prime minister and President with a recommendation for his removal was not unconstitutional.

The top court had earlier told Justice Varma that his conduct did not inspire confidence and also defended the CJI's authority to act on any judicial misconduct, saying he cannot be merely a "post office but has certain duties to the nation.

With PTI inputs