NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has allowed audit regulator National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) to continue its proceedings against chartered accountants and firms where no audit quality review reports have been prepared and final orders are yet to be passed.During a hearing in a case challenging an order passed by the Delhi HC, a bench…
A day after the Supreme Court made the unprecedented move of publically releasing a comprehensive report detailing allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court, following a fire incident at his residence on March 14 that resulted in the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash, videos are surfacing online of burnt currency notes that…
Delhi HC judge Yashwant Varma NEW DELHI: Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma has strongly denied allegations that a large sum of burnt currencyy was recovered from his official residence after a recent fire incident.In a lengthy letter to Delhi high court’s chief justice, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Justice Varma called the claims “baseless” and “preposterous”,…
The Supreme Court on Saturday released an inquiry report by Delhi high court chief justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay regarding Justice Yashwant Varma’s case, which involved the discovery of burnt currency notes by firefighters at his official residence.A video shared by Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora with Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Delhi high…
NEW DELHI: A video that Delhi Police commissioner Sanjay Arora shared with CJI I Sanjiv Khanna and Delhi HC CJ D K Upadhyay, purportedly revealing burnt cash at Justice Yashwant Varma‘s house on March 14, appears to have clinched the case for a deeper probe against the sitting Delhi HC judge, who, despite the graphic…
NEW DELHI: Delhi fire department chief Atul Garg on Saturday denied reports claiming he said no cash was found during the firefighting operations at Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma‘s residence. Garg clarified his stance after some media outlets, including a news agency, quoted him as saying firefighters didn’t find any cash while extinguishing…
A three-member committee has been constituted by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to conduct an inquiry into allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma, a sitting Judge of the High Court of Delhi. The committee comprises Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana, Justice GS Sandhawalia, Chief Justice of the…
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…
NEW DELHI: A fire that broke out in the residential bungalow of a Delhi high court judge resulted in recovery of a huge pile of cash, sending shock waves in judicial corridors and forcing the Supreme Court collegium led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna to decide to transfer him to another HC.When the fire broke out,…
British national Christian Michel James, alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland money laundering case, at Rouse Avenue Court for a hearing on his case, in New Delhi. (PTI) NEW DELHI: Christian Michel James, one of the alleged middlemen in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case who was granted bail by Delhi high court earlier this week, appeared…
