‘Evasive, misleading’: Parliamentary panel on Justice Varma’s testimony

The report by the committee headed by Supreme Court judge Aravind Kumar was tabled in Lok Sabha WednesdayNEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha Speaker appointed inquiry committee in its report has recommended further action while indicting Justice Yashwant Varma for recovery of wads of 500-rupee notes at his official residence in D

The panel says a statutory inquiry cannot depend on the ‘unilateral’ decision of a judge under inquiry, especially after the ‘evidence has substantially come on record’. It says Justice Varma was given a reasonable opportunity to make his case before it