The Supreme Court docket on Wednesday rejected a petition searching for the registration of an FIR within the matter of unaccounted money being found at Justice Yashwant Varma’s official residence in Delhi.
A bench of Justices A S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan identified that, as per a Might 8 press launch issued by the Supreme Court docket, the report of the in-house inquiry committee which probed the incident had already been forwarded to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that the petitioners ought to first strategy them.
“There was an in-house inquiry report. It has been forwarded to the President of India and the Prime Minister of India. So comply with the essential rule. In case you are searching for a writ of mandamus, it’s important to first make a illustration to these authorities earlier than which the difficulty is pending. Motion must be taken by the President and the Prime Minister,” Justice Oka informed advocate Mathews J Nedumpara, who is among the petitioners within the matter.
The bench stated it’s not saying that he can not strategy the courtroom. “You have no idea the contents of the report. We additionally have no idea the contents of that report. You make a illustration calling upon them to take motion. If they don’t take motion, then you may come right here,” the bench stated.
Nedumpara additionally stated he was searching for reconsideration of the 1991 ruling in Okay Veeraswami Vs. Union of India, whereby it was held that prior approval of the Chief Justice of India is obligatory for registering a felony case below Part 154 of the Prison Process Code towards a sitting excessive courtroom or Supreme Court docket choose. However the courtroom stated the prayer needn’t be thought of now.
A committee comprising Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket, Justice G S Sandhawalia, Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh Excessive Court docket, and Justice Anu Sivaraman, choose of the Karnataka Excessive Court docket was arrange on March 22 to look into the allegations of money restoration after a fireplace broke out at former Delhi Excessive Court docket choose Justice Varma’s residence. The panel discovered credence within the allegations.
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