{"id":30814,"date":"2026-07-04T20:48:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/sought-by-mps-across-party-lines-speaker-om-birla-says-report-on-justice-yashwant-varma-to-be-tabled-in-monsoon-session-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T20:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:18:31","slug":"sought-by-mps-across-party-lines-speaker-om-birla-says-report-on-justice-yashwant-varma-to-be-tabled-in-monsoon-session-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/sought-by-mps-across-party-lines-speaker-om-birla-says-report-on-justice-yashwant-varma-to-be-tabled-in-monsoon-session-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sought by MPs across party lines&#8217;: Speaker Om Birla says report on Justice Yashwant Varma to be tabled in Monsoon Session | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132183347,imgsize-882097,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/justice-yashwant-varma.jpg\" alt=\"'Sought by MPs across party lines': Speaker Om Birla says report on Justice Yashwant Varma to be tabled in Monsoon Session\" title=\"Justice Yashwant Varma\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/om-birla\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Om Birla<\/a> on Saturday said the probe committee&#8217;s report on Justice Yashwant Varma will be tabled in the Lok Sabha during the upcoming Monsoon Session as it was sought by MPs cutting across party lines .<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>&#8220;The report will be tabled during the Monsoon Session. The future course of action will be decided later,&#8221; Birla told reporters on the sidelines of an event in Kolkata.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>His remarks came on a day when Union minister Kiren Rijiju announced that the Monsoon Session of Parliament will begin on July 20 and conclude on August 13.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Facing impeachment proceedings over the recovery of a large quantity of burnt currency notes from his official residence, Justice Verma resigned on April 9. <!-- -->However, President Droupadi Murmu is yet to accept his resignation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The recovery was made in March 2025 while Verma was serving as a judge of the Delhi high court.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>He initially refused to resign and was subsequently repatriated to the Allahabad high court.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>On August 12 last year, Birla constituted the probe committee after receiving a proposal from 146 Lok Sabha MPs on July 21 seeking Verma&#8217;s removal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>After referring to relevant laws and judgements of the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Supreme Court<\/a>, the Delhi high court chief justice found the charges against Justice Varma were of a serious nature and followed it up with the &#8220;in-house procedure&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Earlier, then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna had initiated an in-house probe into the allegations and set up a three-member committee to conduct an inquiry against Justice Verma.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>The in-house committee submitted its report on May 4, 2025.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>After receiving the report, then-CJI asked Justice Varma to resign or face impeachment proceedings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>However, as Justice Verma had initially declined to resign, both the in-house probe committee&#8217;s report and his response were forwarded to the President and the prime minister for initiating the process for his removal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>The Supreme Court had also dismissed Justice Varma&#8217;s plea against the-then CJI&#8217;s recommendation for his removal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">(With PTI inputs)<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/sought-by-mps-across-party-lines-sabha-speaker-om-birla-says-report-on-justice-yashwant-varma-to-be-tabled-in-monsoon-session\/articleshow\/132183052.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said the probe committee&#8217;s report on Justice Yashwant Varma will be tabled in the Lok Sabha during the upcoming Monsoon Session as it was sought by MPs cutting across party lines .&#8220;The report will be tabled during the Monsoon Session. 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