A three-member panel of judges investigating the allegations against Justice Yashwant Verma underlined a “vested responsibility” to hold him responsible for “misconduct” about the allegation that cash was found at his official residence on March 14.
In his 64 -page report, the first reported by The Liflet, including Justice Sheel Nagu, who is the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana; Justice GS Sandhavalia, Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh; And Justice Anu Shivraman, the Judge of the High Court of Karnataka said that when the government allocates a housing to a public servant, it “bears the responsibility with it that is to keep the campus free from goods or materials that can give rise to doubt in the eyes of the common man.”
The report depicting Justice Verma was formally presented to Chief Justice of India Sanjeev Khanna on 4 May. After taking forward the report to President Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the CJI has started the process of bringing an impeachment motion against Justice Verma in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.
The report stated that the half -burned currency notes seen during the process of damping of the fire are highly suspected items and are not of maximum amount or sect which could not be kept in the store room without the silence or active consent of Justice Verma or his family members. ,
The report stated, “Therefore, it is impossible for the currency for the currency in the store room of a sitting judge, which is being monitored by the Static 1+4 guard and a PSO posted at the gate at all times, apart from the fact that the house is out with a large number of old and reliable domestic servants with a large number of old and reliable domestic servants with more than six staff quarters.
Why was a Panchnama not built by the police on the issue of laps on the issue of laps, and soon after the fire, the panel said the issue was beyond their remit when the police were “slipshod” in their action.
“The scope of the committee is not to find a mistake with the action or inaction of the fire personnel or police personnel, as it is discussed above and, therefore, it will not be appropriate for us to comment on the manner in which fire fighting personnel or police personnel have concluded the proceedings without preparing a proper fanal, which can portray the correct position in that place.
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Significantly, the panel also specified that the investigation of 55 witnesses, including Justice Verma and his daughter, followed the principles of natural justice, but did not allow witnesses or for the cross -examination of legal representation.
“The nature of the investigation was being done to find facts without a formal judicial inquiry, which included the test of witnesses by the lawyers and witnesses or representation by the lawyers – Additional District Judge vs. Registrar Registrar General High Court of Madhya Pradesh, View of the law prescribed in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, (2015) 4 SCC 91.”
The committee prepared its procedure, ensuring that “the statements of all the witnesses, of all the witnesses, were shared with Justice Verma and video recording, so that the statements of the witnesses could be recorded” and whether such statements could not be challenged and to confirm whether such statements were recorded correctly. ” ,
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