New Delhi, July 18 -- Justice Yashwant Varma of Allahabad High Court has approached the Supreme Court challenging the in-house three-judge inquiry committee's report and former CJI Sanjiv Khanna's recommendation to initiate impeachment proceedings against him.

Justice Varma stated that he was not given a fair opportunity to respond to the in-house inquiry committee before it presented its findings.

His plea came ahead of the Parliament's monsoon session, which begins July 21.

The cash was allegedly found by fire tenders when a fire broke out in the judge's residence on March 14 at his Delhi residence, when he was the judge of the Delhi High Court. The judge was not present at his house.

In his plea, Justice Varma alleged that the comm...