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On March 14, the Delhi HC judge’s government bungalow was on fire. There firefighters found sacks filled with burnt 500 rupee notes.
The report of the panel investigating the cash case from Justice Yashwant Verma’s house has come to light on Thursday. It states that High Court Judge Yashwant Verma and his family members had a secret or active control on the store room. It was here that a large number of half -edged notes were found after the fire on the night of 14 March.
The panel report states that this reveals the bad behavior of Justice Verma, which is so serious that he should be removed. At the time of the incident, Justice Verma was a judge of the Delhi High Court and is now working in the Allahabad High Court.
A panel of three judges headed by Chief Justice Sheel Nagu of Punjab and Haryana High Court investigated for 10 days. 55 witnesses were questioned and visited the official residence of Justice Verma.
The report also said, keeping in mind the evidence on the record, the committee agrees that there are enough facts in the allegations made in the CJI’s 22 March letter. The allegation is so serious that action should be initiated to remove Justice Verma.
Big things about the panel report …
- 10 eyewitnesses saw half the burnt cash, including Delhi Fire Service, police officers. All of them saw piles of burnt notes in the store room of Justice Verma’s house.
- Electronic evidence (video-photos of the store room) confirm the statements of eyewitnesses. Justice Verma has also not denied the video taken at the scene.
- Justice Verma’s two domestic workers Rahil/Hanuman councilors Sharma and Rajinder Singh Karki took out the burnt notes from the store room. The viral video has made the voice of both of them match.
- Justice Verma’s daughter Diya made a wrong statement about the video. The employee refused to recognize the voice, while the employee himself admitted that the voice was his.
In 2018 too, the name was associated with a scam of Rs 97.85 crore
Earlier in 2018, the CBI lodged an FIR against Justice Verma in the case of disturbances in the Simbhavali sugar mill of Ghaziabad. According to NDTV report, Oriental Bank of Commerce complained of the mill disturbances. The complaint said that the sugar mill has misused a loan of Rs 97.85 crore issued for the farmers.
Justice Verma was then the non-executive director of the company. The CBI started investigation in this case. However, the investigation slowed down. In February 2024, a court ordered the CBI to resume the closed investigation, but the Supreme Court overturned the order and the CBI stopped the investigation.
