SC releases visuals of cash ‘found at Delhi HC judge’s home’, sets up three-member inquiry panel

The Supreme Court on Saturday released a report, including a video and three photographs, pertaining to allegations that unaccounted cash was found at the home of Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court.

The video and photographs show a fireman pulling out half-burnt wads of money from a room.

The #SupremeCourt released a video, pertaining to allegations that unaccounted cash was found at the home of Justice #YashwantVarma.

It also set up an inquiry committee to look into the allegations against Varma.

Credit: Supreme Court's press release dated March 22, 2025. pic.twitter.com/arA8VgfZXI— Scroll.in (@scroll_in) March 23, 2025

The redacted report shows that Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya wrote to Varma on March 21, asking him to “account for the presence of money/cash” in a room located in his bungalow.

The cash was allegedly recovered when emergency services responded to a fire incident at Varma’s official residence on March 14. The judge said that he was in Bhopal when the fire erupted.

Varma told the Delhi High Court chief justice that “no cash was ever placed in that storeroom either by me or any of my family members”, and denied that the cash belonged to them. He said that the room in question is “disconnected from the main residence”, and is not in a room in his...

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