New Delhi, March 21 -- A preliminary inquiry has been initiated against Justice Yashwant Varma of Delhi High Court following a controversy over the alleged recovery of the stash of cash from his official residence in Delhi.

After the preliminary inquiry, Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya will submit the report to the Supreme Court Collegium.

"As of now, a preliminary inquiry has been initiated to look into the allegations against the judge," sources from the Supreme Court told ANI.

If the allegations are found genuine and serious after the preliminary inquiry report, an in-house committee procedure will begin.

According to the reports, a fire at the judge's house inadvertently led to the firefighter's recovery of...