Supreme Court to set up special bench to hear Justice Varma’s plea in cash row as CJI Gavai recuses himself

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will constitute a special bench to hear Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea seeking to invalidate a report by an in-house inquiry panel, which found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row. Justice Varma has also sought the quashing of the May 8 recommendation by then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, urging Parliament to initiate impeachment against him.