India, July 23 -- Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Wednesday recused himself from hearing the plea by Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma to invalidate a report by an in-house inquiry panel, which found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row.

"It will not be possible for me to take up this matter because I was also part of the committee. We will list it. I will have to constitute a bench," the CJI told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who mentioned matter for Justice Yashwant Varma.

The CJI was heading a bench which also comprised Justices K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi.

Sibal requested the bench to list the matter as early as possible, saying they have raised some constitutional issues in the plea.

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