Delhi HC’s Justice Yashwant Varma Transferred to Allahabad After Fire Reveals Cash in Bungalow

Fire Reveals Cash in Bungalow: The Supreme Court Collegium has ordered the immediate transfer of Delhi High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Varma to his parent court in Allahabad, following the discovery of a large amount of cash at his residence during a fire incident.

The decision was made on Thursday evening after the five-member Collegium, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, reviewed reports and video footage allegedly showing burning cash at Justice Varma’s New Delhi residence.

According to a report by India Today, a fire broke out at Justice Varma's official residence in Delhi while he was not in the city. The fire department was alerted and the flames were brought under control. But the fire revealed a huge amount of cash in different rooms of the bungalow.

The money was discovered by the fire brigade personnel deployed to douse the flames that had engulfed the building.

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According to sources in Delhi Police, the fire incident occurred on March 14 at about 11.30 pm. “A call regarding a fire in a store room was received. It was a small fire. Two fire vehicles were sent and the fire was doused within 15 minutes,” a Delhi Police source said.

“A Daily Diary entry was made at Tughlak Road police station. But we did not mention any financial recovery part in the report,” the source said. When contacted, the Fire Chief Atul Garg said since it was a minor fire, they are collecting details now.

When the fire broke out on March 14, Justice Varma was not home and fire tenders and police who reached the spot to douse the flames allegedly stumbled on the money in a room, the sources said.

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This was communicated to the higher ups in the police and consequently, to governmental authorities who in turn intimated the office of the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna.

The CJI called for a meeting of the five-member Collegium on Thursday to discuss what should be done in the case. Sources said the Collegium members were of the view that the development is distressing and unanimously resolved to recommend transfer.

The sources said that some of the members were also of the view that an in-house inquiry should be conducted, but a final call on this has to be taken by the CJI. The Collegium resolution on the recommendation to transfer the judge is yet to be uploaded.

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