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Cash discovery row: Justice Varma urges SC to accord urgent hearing on his plea

Senior lawyer Sibal requested the bench to list the matter as early as possible, saying they have raised some constitutional issues in the plea. Varma has also sought quashing of the May 8 recommendation by then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, urging Parliament to initiate impeachment against him

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The CJI was heading a bench which also comprised Justices K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi. Representational Pic

The CJI was heading a bench which also comprised Justices K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi. Representational Pic

Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to accord an urgent hearing on his plea seeking to invalidate a report by an in-house inquiry panel, which found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row.

"I will have to constitute a bench," Chief Justice B R Gavai told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who mentioned the matter for Varma.

The CJI was heading a bench which also comprised Justices K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi.

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