Justice Varma’s withdrawal from probe cannot end statutory inquiry, says Lok Sabha panel

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

NEW DELHI: A Lok Sabha inquiry committee on Wednesday indicted former high court judge Yashwant Varma in the cash-at-home case, Live Law reported.The panel found Justice Varma’s explanation over the discovery of unaccounted cash at his official residence "evasive" and unsatisfactory.A large amount of unaccounted, parti