New Delhi. The Chief Justice has received the investigation report of the case of Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Verma, surrounded by a dispute of getting crores of rupees in the house. The investigation committee of three members submitted a report to Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna on Monday. The Supreme Court has informed this by issuing a press release on Monday. The Supreme Court has said that the investigation report was submitted to the Supreme Court on May 3 and the report has been given to the Chief Justice on May 4. Now the Chief Justice will decide further in this matter.
It is worth noting that the inquiry committee formed by the Chief Justice includes Chief Justice Sheel Nagu of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court GS Sandhavalia and Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Anu Shivraman. Significantly, on the night of 14 March, a fire broke out in Justice Verma’s house in Lutyens Delhi. It was told that the team, who arrived to extinguish the fire, had found sacks filled with bundles of five hundred rupees burn notes from the store room of their house. On March 21, a three -member inquiry committee was constituted to investigate the case on the orders of Chief Justice Khanna.
Meanwhile, on March 24, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended Justice Yashwant Verma’s transfer from Delhi High Court to Allahabad High Court. Following the order of the court and after the President’s approval, the Central Government issued a notification for the transfer on March 28. Justice Yashwant Verma was sworn in in the Allahabad High Court on April 5, 2025. However, amid opposition from the Allahabad High Court Bar Association, the Chief Justice of the High Court was directed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court not to assign any judicial work to Justice Verma.