'Centre handicapped': VP questions why no FIR against Justice Varma in cash row

NEW DELHI: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar connected Monday reiterated Justice Yashwant Varma's lawsuit and said that the authorities was handicapped owed to a three-decade-old judicial bid that prevented it from registering a First Information Report (FIR) without anterior support from the judiciary.Dhankhar, who is connected a two-day sojourn to Kerala, has interacted with students and module astatine the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi. Calling the Yashwant Varma cash-at-home lawsuit 'ghastly crime,' Dhankhar referring to the ample stash of currency recovered from a judge's authoritative residence, helium questioned, “Is this wealth tainted? What is its source? How did it onshore successful a judge’s quarters? Who does it really beryllium to?” He stressed that respective ineligible provisions look to person been violated and expressed anticipation that an FIR would beryllium filed promptly. Referring to Ides of March film, the Vice President said that the judiciary had 'Ides of March' connected the nighttime intervening 14th and 15th March: a unspeakable time!

"Cash successful ample magnitude was recovered the authoritative residence of a justice of the High Court.

Now, if that currency was found, the strategy should person moved instantly and the archetypal process would person been to woody with it arsenic a transgression act, find retired those who are culpable and bring them to justice. But truthful far, determination has been nary FIR," Dhankhar said. "The authorities astatine the cardinal level is handicapped due to the fact that an FIR cannot beryllium registered successful presumption of a judgement of the Supreme Court rendered successful aboriginal 90s. I'm each for independency of Judiciary.

I'm a beardown votary of protecting judges. We indispensable support our Judges from frivolous litigation. But erstwhile thing similar this happens, it is worrisome," helium added. Earlier, connected June 4, parliamentary affairs curate Kiren Rijiju said the authorities would bring retired a solution successful Parliament successful the monsoon league for impeachment question against Justice Varma. Justice Varma was taxable of a probe by a Supreme Court-appointed sheet aft a occurrence incidental astatine his Delhi residence led to the find of respective burnt sacks of currency astatine the outhouse.