Justice Yashwant Varma has resigned from the Allahabad High Court, becoming the third sitting judge in India’s history to step down amid imminent impeachment proceedings. His exit abruptly halts an accountability process that gained momentum in Parliament recently.
The Supreme Court dismissed the Income Tax Department’s appeal due to delay, upholding the Delhi High Court order quashing reassessment proceedings against NDTV’s holding company RRPR Holdings. The ruling reinforces that reassessment cannot continue when the main tax claim itself has already been rejected in appellate proceedings.
Priyanka Chaturvedi, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP, criticised the recent directions of the Supreme Court of India regarding a Class 8 textbook chapter discussing “corruption in the judiciary.” She termed the Court’s intervention “judicial overreach,” questioning its instructions related to the school textbook content.
The Lok Sabha inquiry committee has accelerated hearings in the impeachment-related probe against Justice Yashwant Varma to avoid delay due to an impending retirement of a panel member.
The inquiry concerns allegations of unaccounted cash found at his official residence and is being conducted in camera under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.
Today, On 8th January, In the Justice Yashwant Varma Impeachment Row, The Supreme Court observed that if the Vice President can assume the President’s responsibilities when absent, then similarly, the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman should also be empowered to perform the Chairman’s duties during the Chairman’s absence.