New Delhi, July 12 -- The Government has begun collecting signatures of MPs to move a motion in Parliament to remove Justice Yashwant Varma, who is embroiled in a row following the discovery of burnt wads of currency at his residence after a fire incident. Sources said signatures of many MPs from the Lok Sabha have been collected for the impeachment exercise, an indication that the motion may be moved in the Lower House.
A fire incident at Varma's residence in the national Capital in March this year, when he was a judge at the Delhi High Court, had led to the discovery of sacks of cash in the outhouse. He was subsequently repatriated to the Allahabad High Court, and an in-house probe ordered by then-Supreme Court Chief Justice Sanjeev Khan...