India, May 20 -- A landmark Supreme Court 1991 verdict that said judges can be prosecuted for corruption only after prior sanction must be revisited, vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Monday as he raised questions about the probe into allegations against sitting high court judge Yashwant Varma and praised former Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna for his steps in the sensational case.

Speaking at a book launch in the Capital, Dhankhar suggested that the inquiry by the three-member committee that looked into the allegations against Justice Varma did not have any "constitutional premise or legal sanctity" and wondered how the panel recovered electronic equipment from witnesses.

"Everyone in the country is now thinking whether this...