Supreme Court’s first response to Judge’s house ‘store of notes’, this matter on Allahabad transfer – Supreme Court first official statement on Cash from justice Yashwant Verma House NTC

An official statement has been issued by the Supreme Court in the case of the judge of Delhi High Court, in which the cash has been received. In this, the Supreme Court has said that the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court had first started the investigation of the case related to Justice Yashwant Verma. The Supreme Court also clarified that many types of rumors and wrong information are being spread in this case, which need to be avoided.

Evidence collected under the in-house check process

According to the statement, the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court started collecting evidence and information as part of the in-house investigation process set by the Supreme Court. This inquiry was started before the collegium meeting of 20 March 2025. The Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court will submit his investigation report to the Chief Justice of India (21 March 2025) today (21 March 2025). After this, further action will be taken after reviewing this report.

Supreme Court statement on transfer of Justice Yashwant Verma

The Supreme Court made it clear that the proposal for transfer of Justice Yashwant Verma is completely different and independent from the in-house investigation process. The Supreme Court underlined the fact that Justice Yashwant Verma is currently the second senior -most judge and member of the collegium in the Delhi High Court. But after the transfer to Allahabad High Court, his seniority will be reduced to ninth.

This fact was the role of this fact in the transfer proposal

It has been clarified in the Supreme Court’s press statement that this seniority change had a special significance in their transfer proposal. However, the Supreme Court reiterated that the transfer process is completely independent and different from the in-house investigation. In fact, the transfer proposal of Justice Yashwant Verma was discussed on 20 March 2025 in the collegium meeting of the Chief Justice and four senior judges of the Supreme Court.

Subsequently, senior judges of the Supreme Court were consulted. Information was given to the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court. Justice Yashwant Verma was also informed about this proposal. Now after reviewing all the answers, the collegium will pass the final resolution in this regard. The Supreme Court also said that many types of misinformation are being spread about the developments related to Justice Yashwant Verma’s residence.

The Supreme Court has given C. Ravichandran Iyer vs Justice AM of 1995. Citing Bhattacharya and 2015 Additional District and Sessions Judge ‘X’ vs. Madhya Pradesh High Court Registrar General Affairs, he said that the in-house investigation process is being done completely under transparent and established rules.

Chief Justice of Delhi High Court said- All people are surprised

Chief Justice of Delhi High Court DK Upadhyay expressed surprise at the case of Justice Yashwant Verma. This reaction of the Chief Justice came when a senior advocate mentioned before the top judge’s court that he and many other lawyers were sad and shocked by the incident and urged the top judge to take some steps on the administrative side. When the lawyer said that many people of the bar are shocked by this incident, Chief Justice DK Upadhyay expressed grief and said, “All people are surprised by this.”