Supreme Court dismisses plea for SIT probe in Justice Varma case

Justice P.S. Narasimha observed orally that the petition filed by Ghanshyam Upadhyay was a shot at “cheap publicity”

A huge row erupted after a pile of unaccounted cash was found at the then Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma's official bungalow in the capital in March last year.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has presented a petition to the Presidency, accusing the Mahama administration of undermining Ghana's democracy through what it describes as arbitrary arrests, intimidation of political opponents and selective justice.