Kolkata: The report of a three-member committee, set up to probe the grounds on which the removal of High Court judge Yashwant Varma was sought by MPs cutting across party lines, will be tabled in the Lok Sabha in the coming Monsoon session, Speaker Om Birla said Saturday.
The three-member committee was set up following the discovery of a large number of burnt currency notes from Justice Varma’s residence August 12, 2025.
The Speaker had constituted the committee to probe charges against the judge, after admitting a multi-party notice for his removal, setting in motion the process of impeachment of the Allahabad High Court judge.
The report will be tabled in the Monsoon session, Speaker Birla told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.
He said after the submission of the report, the members will decide the future course of action.
The Monsoon session will begin July 20 and will continue till August 13.
The report was prepared in accordance with the statutory requirements under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.
Facing the prospect of removal by Parliament, Justice Yashwant Varma had already resigned as a judge of the Allahabad High Court.
However, President Droupadi Murmu is yet to accept the resignation of Justice Varma and the possibility of his impeachment is still open.
The removal of Justice Varma was sought following the discovery of burnt currency notes from his residence here when he was a judge of the Delhi High Court.
The committee was reconstituted February 25. While two members — Justice Aravind Kumar of the Supreme Court of India and Senior Advocate of Karnataka High Court, B V Acharya, continued to be members of the panel, a new member, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, had been appointed in place of Madras High Court Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava.
Birla set up the committee after he received a proposal from 146 Lok Sabha members, including BJP member Ravi Shankar Prasad and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, seeking removal of Justice Varma July 21, 2025.
Justice Varma was repatriated from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court after the discovery of burnt wads of currency notes following a fire incident at his residence.
After referring to relevant laws and judgements of the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court chief justice found the charges against Justice Varma were of a serious nature and followed it up with the “in-house procedure”.
Birla had said unblemished character and financial and intellectual integrity were the foundation of the trust a common person has in the judiciary.
“The facts connected in the present case point towards corruption and are eligible for action as per Article 124, Article 217 and Article 218 of the Constitution of India. Parliament needs to speak in one voice on this issue and every citizen of this country should send a clear message about its commitment to zero tolerance to corruption,” Birla had said.
The Lok Sabha Speaker said he has accepted the proposal and constituted a three-member committee for the removal of Justice Varma from his post in accordance with Section 3(2) of the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.
Earlier, then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna had initiated an in-house probe into the allegations and set up a three-member committee in March 2025 to conduct the inquiry.
The committee comprising Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Karnataka High Court Justice Anu Sivaraman submitted its report May 4, 2025.
After receiving the report, the CJI asked Justice Varma to resign or face impeachment proceedings.
However, since Justice Varma had initially declined to quit, CJI Khanna forwarded the report and the judge’s response on it to the President and the Prime Minister for removal of the judge.
The Supreme Court had also dismissed Justice Varma’s plea against CJI Khanna’s recommendation for his removal.
