Justice Yashwant Varma Resigns

• Burnt ₹500 currency notes were found in his home

• Allahabad High Court had relieved him of judicial duties

Prayagraj – Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court has submitted his resignation to the President. On March 14th, 2025, bundles of ₹500 currency notes were discovered in a burnt condition following a fire that broke out at his residence in Delhi. Due to the controversy surrounding this incident, he was transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court. He was relieved of his judicial duties until the completion of ongoing inquiry against him.

Following the surfacing of his name in connection with the cash recovery incident, an impeachment motion against Justice Varma was introduced in the Lok Sabha. Justice Varma subsequently challenged this impeachment motion in the Supreme Court. Hearings on this petition commenced in the Supreme Court on January 6th, 2026. After two days of hearings, a bench comprising Supreme Court Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma reserved its verdict on Justice Yashwant Varma’s petition on January 8th. However, the bench declined Justice Varma’s request to extend the deadline for him to submit his response before the Parliamentary Committee.