India, March 27 -- Opposition lawmakers on Thursday raised concerns in Lok Sabha over the recovery of cash at high court judge Yashwant Varma's official residence in Delhi and demanded Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal's statement over it and greater judicial accountability.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker Kalyan Banerjee said that recovery has eroded public confidence in the judiciary and questioned why corruption allegations against judges were not automatically investigated. "Why will no investigation commence if a complaint of corruption is made against a judge, irrespective of whether the Chief Justice of India (CJI) grants permission?"

Banerjee said an independent anti-corruption body, such as the Lokpal, should handle the pr...