India, July 18 -- Justice Yashwant Varma, who has been at the centre of controversy since the discovery of charred currency notes at his official residence in Delhi in March this year, moved the Supreme Court on Thursday, seeking to invalidate a report by an in-house inquiry panel that found "strong inferential evidence" of his "covert or active control" over the cash.

In a writ petition, Justice Varma also sought to quash the May 8 recommendation by then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna urging Parliament to initiate his impeachment. The recommendation, the judge contended, was based on an "unsustainable" report prepared through a process that he said ran completely roughshod over his rights as a constitutional functionary and ...