SC: Justice Yashwant Verma gets big relief in cash scandal, petition to register FIR rejected
SC: Supreme Court dismissed a PIL on the incident of finding bundles of burnt notes from the residence of Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Verma. The court said that an in-house investigation is going on and after the results of the investigation, the Chief Justice of India can direct to register an FIR. The bench refused to hear the case immediately, saying it is hasty.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) asking for the Delhi Police to register an FIR in the case of recovery of bundles of burnt notes from the official residence of Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Verma.
The court dismissed the petition as "very premature" and said that an internal investigation is being conducted in this matter and all avenues are open based on the result of the investigation.
Hearing the petition, a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjwal Bhuyan said the Chief Justice of India (CJI) has the right to direct registration of an FIR after investigation.
The bench clarified that there is no need to proceed further in the matter until the in-house investigation is completed. The bench said, "If needed, the CJI can direct the registration of an FIR. Why should we consider this today?"
The incident came to light after a fire broke out at Judge Verma's residence in Lutyens' area of Delhi at around 11:35 pm on March 14. After the fire broke out, the fire brigade reached the spot and started extinguishing the fire.
During this time, it was claimed that bundles of burnt notes were found, after which there was a lot of controversy. Now the Supreme Court has directed to take appropriate steps for further legal process in this matter.
