Former Delhi High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Verma has been found guilty in discovery of a huge amount of burnt Rs 500 currency note bundles in his official residence at Tughlaq Crescent, New Delhi, on March 14, 2025 by a Lok Sabha committee.

The three-member committee, formed under the Judges Inquiry Act  by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, found all charges against Justice Verma ‘Proved’.

The report tabled in both Houses of Parliament by their respective Secretary Generals on Wednesday, wherein the committee constituted for the inquiry, had concluded  that all three “Articles” constituted for the inquiry have been ‘proved’,  leaving no ambiguity  in its finding on the reports of burnt currency allegedly found at Justice Verma’s residence .

The Lok Sabha panel found that Justice Varma’s explanation remained “evasive and unsatisfactory” and he “failed to furnish a satisfactory explanation on the presence and ownership of cash found in the store room of his residence”.

The report will be submitted to the Ministry of Law for further action but Justice Verma has already resigned instead of facing impeachment proceedings in the Parliament.

A fire broke out in the official residence of Justice Varma on the night of March 14, 2025. Firefighters called to put out the blaze allegedly discovered massive amounts of burnt currency in a storeroom.

A Supreme Court inquiry committee had also found him guilty but it had rejected a plea to file an FIR and SIT probe against the Judge.

Justice Verma was repatriated to Allahabad high Court after the incident and he remained a judge there for quite some time without assigning him any work.

(With inputs from PTI) 

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