India, June 6 -- The impending motion to impeach high court judge Yashwant Varma has placed the judiciary at the centre of a storm, reviving an old but complex debate about accountability, propriety and procedure when it comes to constitutional court judges. On Tuesday, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said that the government has reached out to the Opposition to seek support for the motion during the Monsoon session of Parliament. The motion will be introduced by Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and follows the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash from the Delhi residence of justice Varma earlier this year.

While the government seems to have now taken a decisive step, questions continue to swirl around the process follow...