New Delhi, July 21 -- Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said more than 100 lawmakers have already signed a notice for impeachment of sitting high court judge, justice Yashwant Varma, from whose residence in Delhi a huge cache of cash was recovered in March this year.

Rijiju added the signature collection exercise was still going on, indicating that the government wanted a large number lawmakers to push the notice to showcase an all-round support in favour of the impeachment of Justice Varma.

"The signature is underway and it has crossed 100 already," Rijiju told reporters, on the eve of the beginning of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

A motion for the removal of a judge has to be signed by not less than 100...