SC Rebukes Judge Yashwant Verma in Cash Scandal Case

Justice Yashwant Verma was severely reprimanded by the Supreme Court in the cash case. The apex court clarified that the petition filed by him was not acceptable. Justice Verma had demanded the cancellation of the report issued against him through this petition. The Supreme Court has directed Justice Verma to submit the report of the investigation committee along with his petition, only after this the case will be heard.

Justice Verma has raised questions on the formation of a committee of three judges, on which the court asked him that if he had any objection, then why did he not come to the court at that time.

Justice Yashwant Verma has been blamed for the recovery of cash from his house in the report of the three-judge committee. Justice Verma has filed a petition against this report, in which he has demanded the invalidation of the report. Along with this, Justice Verma has also opposed the recommendation of former Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna, which called for his immediate removal from the post.

On Monday, 28 July 2025, Justice Yashwant Verma's petition was presented before a bench headed by Justice Dipankar Dutta. Justice Dutta told Justice Verma that he had not observed the report of the inquiry committee and he should have attached the report with his petition. He clarified that the report should be submitted first, only then he would hear the petition.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, while presenting his point before Justice Yashwant Verma, said that he would submit the report to the court. He suggested that the hearing could be postponed or first the legal questions that they want to raise could be heard. Commenting on the process of removing judges from the post, Kapil Sibal said that it is not according to the Constitution and the Judges Inquiry Act, because the formation of the inquiry committee by the Chief Justice is not in accordance with this process.

Kapil Sibal clarified that the right to remove judges is granted to Parliament under Article 124 of the Constitution. A judge can be removed on the basis of misconduct or incapacity, and there is no other provision for the removal of a judge in the law or Constitution of India. Apart from this, the conduct of the judge is not discussed in Parliament before the report of the committee.

Kapil Sibal said that the video was made public in this case, due to which discussion started among the people and a committee was also formed, which was wrong. Justice Dipankar Dutta, after hearing Kapil Sibal's arguments, remarked that if you had an objection to the formation of the committee, then you should have come to the court at that time and put your point. He also said that you are referring to the letter of the Chief Justice, but it has not been kept on record. In such a situation, how will the hearing be possible?

Justice Dipankar Dutta told the petitioner that he is against sending the report to the President and the Prime Minister, because the President is the constitutional head of the appointment of judges. He raised the question that if there is opposition to giving information to the President, then what is the reason for it. Kapil Sibal said in the court that he will include the investigation report and the letter of the Chief Justice in the record.

Responding to Justice Dipankar's questions, Sibal clarified that he is not against giving information to the President, but raised the question that why it was assumed that the money found from the house belonged to Justice Verma. In this case, it should be investigated as to whose money it actually was.