Justice Yashwant Varma Denies Cash Recovery from Residence to Parliamentary Panel

• Justice Yashwant Varma informed a Parliamentary panel that no cash was recovered from his official New Delhi residence after a fire in March 2025.
• He stated he was not present during the fire and denied any involvement in the incident.
• Varma is challenging the Lok Sabha Speaker's inquiry committee into corruption charges against him in the Supreme Court.
• The controversy arose after burnt currency notes were found at his residence, leading to his repatriation from Delhi to Allahabad High Court.
• An in-house inquiry by then CJI Sanjiv Khanna found Justice Varma guilty of misconduct, leading to potential impeachment proceedings.

Why It Matters: Justice Yashwant Varma denies cash recovery from his residence, challenging an inquiry into misconduct charges.