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Justice Yashwant Varma
March 27 , 2025
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- The Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna initiated an unprecedented three-member in-house inquiry into the conduct of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma.
- Meanwhile, Justice Varma's judicial work has been withdrawn.
- The internal inquiry of the judiciary follows a process that is distinct from that of impeachment under the Constitution.
- It is not necessary that a complaint against a judge is made only by or to the parliamentarians.
- The CJI or Chief Justice of an HC may also be called upon to examine a complaint against a judge.
- Once the inquiry has been concluded, the committee will submit its report to the CJI.
- If the committee decides that the allegations are serious enough to initiate the removal proceedings, the CJI will advise the concerned judge to resign or retire voluntarily.
- If the judge does not abide by the CJI’s advice to resign or retire, the CJI will inform the President and the Prime Minister of the committee’s finding that the removal proceedings should be initiated.
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