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NEW DELHI: Prominent absorption parties person agreed successful rule to enactment a question seeking the removal of Allahabad precocious tribunal justice Justice Yashwant Varma, Union curate Kiren Rijiju said connected Thursday.
The process of collecting signatures from MPs to initiate the question could statesman shortly, helium added.The govt is yet to determine whether the question volition beryllium tabled successful Lok Sabha oregon Rajya Sabha. For the little House, astatine slightest 100 MPs indispensable endorse the proposal, portion successful the precocious House, enactment from 50 MPs is required. Rijiju said the signatures volition beryllium gathered erstwhile a determination is taken connected which House volition instrumentality up the motion.The monsoon league of Parliament is scheduled from July 21 to Aug 21.
Under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, erstwhile a question for removal is admitted successful either House, the presiding serviceman constitutes a three-member committee to analyse the allegations. The sheet comprises the Chief Justice of India (or a Supreme Court judge), a main justness of a precocious court, and a distinguished jurist.The determination comes months aft a occurrence astatine Justice Varma's authoritative residence led to find of sacks stuffed with charred currency successful the outhouse.
Though Justice Varma denied cognition of the money, an SC-appointed sheet recovered grounds against him aft signaling witnesser statements and his ain deposition.Justice Varma, past serving successful Delhi HC, was sent backmost to Allahabad HC, wherever helium has not been assigned judicial work. Sources said erstwhile CJI Sanjiv Khanna had urged him to resign, but Justice Varma refused. The CJI subsequently wrote to the President and the premier minister, recommending his removal - the archetypal measurement successful the law process for sacking a judge.
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