Prayagraj, April 5 -- Allahabad High Court Bar Association has written to the High Court Chief Justice to express displeasure over the alleged "clandestine" manner in which Justice Yashwant Verma was administered the oath of his office on Saturday.

Justice Varma's transfer from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court came amid an ongoing in-house inquiry ordered by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) after the alleged recovery of semi-burnt sacks of cash from his residence in Delhi last month.

"This is to bring to your kind notice that the entire Bar Association is at pains to learn about the clandestine manner in which Justice Yashwant Verma has been administered the oath of his office at Allahabad," the bar association said in i...