New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed by Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma challenging the recommendation made by former Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna for his removal from office.
The recommendation had followed the recovery of a large amount of unaccounted cash from his official residence in Delhi after a fire incident.
A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AG Masih upheld the constitution of the in-house committee and the procedure it followed, holding that the process was not illegal or unconstitutional.
The court said that the Chief Justice of India and the in-house committee had "scrupulously followed the process," except for uploading photographs and videos, which t...