New Delhi, March 22 -- Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Saturday constituted a three-member Committee consisting of High Court judges to conduct an inquiry into the allegations against Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma.

The committee consists of Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana, Justice GS Sandhawalia, Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh, and Anu Sivaraman, a Judge of the High Court of Karnataka.

The Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi, Devendra Upadhyaya, has been asked not to assign any judicial work to Justice Varma for the time being.

The Supreme Court on Friday brushed aside any connection between Justice Varma's transfer to his parent Allahabad High Co...