India, March 21 -- The Supreme Court collegium's decision to transfer Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma and consider an in-house inquiry against him was significantly influenced by a video purportedly showing the recovery of unaccounted cash from an outhouse at his official residence, people aware of the matter said.

According to one of the persons cited above, government authorities reportedly shared this video with Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna before Thursday's collegium meeting. The video, recorded by Delhi police during a fire at justice Varma's residence on March 14, was presented by the CJI to other collegium members. The collegium, including Justices Bhushan R Gavai, Surya Kant, Abhay S Oka and Vikram Nath, ultim...