New Delhi, March 22 -- The Supreme Court on Saturday constituted a 3-member committee to conduct inquiry into allegations against Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma after alleged recovery of a large stash of cash from his residence.

The panel set-up by the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna comprises of Justices Sheel Nagu, GS Sandhawalia and Anu Sivaraman.

The CJI ordered in-house inquiry after getting report from Chief Justice of Delhi High Court D K Upadhyay.

Khanna has asked Chief Justice of Delhi HC not to assign any judicial work to Justice Yashwant Varma.

Justice Varma, who is the second senior-most judge in the Delhi High Court, was appointed to the court on October 11, 2021.

The purported discovery of the huge s...