Delhi High Court declines plea for CBI probe in the Justice Yashwant Varma cash case
21 September 2026
The Delhi High Court on Monday, 21 September 2026, declined to entertain a plea seeking an FIR and a CBI or SIT probe in the Justice Yashwant Varma cash case.
The plea was filed by advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay. Justice Amit Bansal called it a "wild witch hunt".
The petitioner then sought to withdraw the plea with liberty to pursue other legal remedies.
The case concerns cash found at Varma's official residence during a fire on 14 March 2025, when he was a Delhi High Court judge.
The Supreme Court had dismissed a similar plea by the same petitioner in August 2026.
Varma resigned in April 2026 while a Lok Sabha inquiry under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, was under way.
In plain words
SIT Special Investigation Team — A team set up for a specific investigation, often on a court's direction.
Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 — The law that lays down how charges against a Supreme Court or High Court judge are investigated in Parliament.