Sack of burning cash bills controversy strikes India’s courts.

A abominable video has alike assuming bags of burnt Indian bill addendum at the abode of Delhi High Court Adjudicator Yashwant Varma, sparking a above controversy. The Supreme Court has appear an centralized delving report, adopting austere questions about the antecedent of the banknote and the affairs surrounding its destruction. Justice Varma has denied any wrongdoing, calling the allegations a conspiracy. The Delhi High Court Arch Justice has apprenticed a abundant investigation, while the Supreme Court has launched an centralized probe. With changing questions and growing scrutiny, the case has afire a civic agitation on administrative accountability.

A video that Delhi Badge abettor Sanjay Arora aggregate purportedly absolute burnt banknote at Justice Yashwant Varma’s abode on March 14, appears to accept clinched the case for a added delving adjoin the sitting Delhi HC judge, who, admitting the clear evidence, had claimed to be innocent and declared a frame-up.

CJI Khanna on Friday asked Delhi HC Arch Justice to actually seek Justice Varma’s acknowledgment to three queries: How does Justice Varma annual for the attendance of banknote in the allowance amid on his premises; explain the antecedent of money that was begin in the said allowance and who is the actuality who had removed the burnt money/cash from the allowance in the morning of March 15, 2025.

CJ Upadhyay, in his address to the CJI, said Delhi Badge arch Arora had aggregate video of the declared blaze adventure and the analysis of banknote in the abode of Justice Varma on March 14 night. He said that on actuality apparent the video and asked about the antecedent of the money and account about its attendance in his official bungalow, Justice Varma bidding “some alarm about cabal adjoin him”. The Delhi CJ assured by adage , ” I am of the prima facie assessment that the absolute amount warrants a added probe.”

The CJI had additionally asked Delhi HC CJ to ascertain “details of the official agents of the HC Registry, the claimed aegis admiral and the aegis guards who were acquaint at the abode of Justice Varma during the aftermost six months. Request letter may be beatific to the adaptable account provider(s) for accouterment alarm almanac capacity of the official or added adaptable buzz number(s) of Justice Yashwant Varma for the aftermost six months”.

The CJI had additionally asked Justice Upadhyay to admonish Justice Varma to “not actuate of his adaptable phone(s) or annul or adapt any conversation, letters or abstracts from his adaptable phone(s)”.

In response, Delhi HC CJ wrote: “The alarm capacity almanac has been accustomed and is actuality forwarded in a pen drive forth with this letter. As commendations IPDR, the aforementioned shall be furnished to you as anon as it is accustomed from the abettor of police, Delhi/mobile account provider”

Maintaining that he was innocence, Justice Varma wrote: “I accompaniment absolutely that no banknote was anytime placed in that buffet either by me or any of my ancestors associates and acerb accuse the advancement that the declared banknote belonged to us. The actual abstraction or advancement that this banknote was kept or stored by us is absolutely preposterous. The advancement that one would abundance banknote in an open, advisedly attainable and frequently acclimated buffet abreast the agents abode or in an outhouse verges on the absurd and incredulous.”

On the video of the banknote on his residential premises, Justice Varma said, “I was absolutely abashed to see the capacity of the video back that depicted something, which was not begin on armpit as I had apparent it. It was this that prompted me to beam that this acutely appeared to be a cabal to anatomy and antagonistic me. It additionally lends acceptance to my close acceptance that the absolute adventure is allotment of a arrangement of events, which occurred in the contempo past, including the unfounded allegations that broadcast on amusing media in Dec 2024.”

He added: “What baffles me is the complete absence of any sacks of allegedly burnt bill that were anytime recovered or seized. We actually advance that neither my daughter, PS nor domiciliary agents were apparent these alleged sacks of burnt currency,” he said.