India, March 22 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna on Saturday constituted a three-member committee to conduct an inquiry into the allegations against Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma following the reported discovery of a large stash of cash from the judge's residence last week. Justice Varma's judicial duties have also been withdrawn pending the inquiry.

The committee comprises justice Sheel Nagu, chief justice of the Punjab & Haryana high court, justice GS Sandhawalia, chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh high court and Anu Sivaraman, judge of the Karnataka high court.

"The chief justice of the High Court of Delhi has been directed not to assign any judicial work to justice Varma," said a statement issued by the Supre...