New Delhi: Govt on Friday notified the transfer of Justice Yashwant Varma from Delhi high court to his parent Allahabad HC even as Supreme Court refused to entertain a PIL seeking an FIR against the judge from whose house piles of cash were allegedly recovered.Sources also told TOI that Delhi Police had sought CJI Sanjiv…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Allahabad high court CJ to not assign any judicial work to Justice Yashwant Varma “for the time being”. Earlier today, Justice Varma was transferred from the Delhi high court to the Allahabad high court amid an ongoing inquiry into the alleged discovery of cash at his…
KASGANJ: There is little trace of either relief or joy in a remote village of marginal labourers some 60km from Kasganj town, now at the centre of a Supreme Court observation that followed an Allahabad high court order which said a child’s breasts being groped over clothing and drawstrings of her pyjama being broken did…
Justice Yashwant Varma (left) NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Thursday held a meeting with several leaders of various bar associations to discuss the proposed transfer of Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma to the Allahabad high court in connection with the cash row and assured to “consider” their demand.“CJI assured to consider…
NEW DELHI: Strongly criticising the controversial order passed by Allahabad high court that grabbing the breasts of a minor girl and snapping the string of her pyjama were not adequate to charge an accused with the offence of rape or attempt to rape, Supreme Court Wednesday said the verdict showed “total” insensitivity, and stayed its…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad high court‘s controversial order, which stated that “grabbing the breast and breaking the pyjama string” were not sufficient grounds to charge an accused with rape or attempted rape. During the hearing, a bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih criticised the high court judge…
NEW DELHI: A day after refusing to hear a plea challenging the Allahabad high court’s ruling, which stated that “grabbing a minor girl‘s breasts, breaking her pyjama strings did not amount to rape or an attempt to rape,” the Supreme Court on Tuesday took cognisance of the ruling on its own.A bench of Justices B…
SC asks govt to send Judge Yashwant Varma to Allahabad HC. NEW DELHI: With the three-member judicial panel starting its probe into alleged recovery of unaccounted cash at Justice Yashwant Varma‘s official residence, Supreme Court collegium led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna on Monday officially recommended to the Union govt he be repatriated to Allahabad HC…
The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday confirmed that it had recommended the transfer Justice Yashwant Varma back to his parent court, the Allahabad High Court. The decision, which was first reported last week, had stirred debate and opposition, particularly from the Allahabad High Court Bar Association.Justice Yashwant Varma, a judge of the Delhi High Court,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a clarification regarding Justice Yashwant Varma‘s transfer to the Allahabad high court, stating that “misinformation and rumors are being spread”. It added that the “[transfer] proposal is separate from ongoing in-house enquiry” into allegations that unaccounted cash – allegedly Rs 15 crore – was found at Justice…
