India, May 28 -- The Communist Party of India (CPI) has written to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, and other opposition leaders, seeking their support for the impeachment of Justice Yashwant Verma over allegations of a cash haul from his residence in March this year.

In a letter to the opposition leaders, Rajya Sabha member Sandosh Kumar P has expressed concerns over the "recovery of large sums of unaccounted cash from the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court" and pointed out that the incident has "cast a deep shadow on the judiciary and shaken the faith of common citizens in one of the most vital pillars of our democracy."

"If these allegations are substantiated, they point to a severe breach of public tru...