New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (March 28) dismissed a petition that sought the registration of an FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi high court after the alleged discovery of a large pile of cash in his residence.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan told the petitioner, advocate Advocate Mathews J Nedupmara that the petition was “premature”, reported LiveLaw.“Mr.Nedumpara, we have seen the prayers. After the in-house inquiry is over, several options are open. CJI can direct the register of the FIR or refer the matter to the Parliament after examining the report. Today it is not the time to consider this petition. After the in-house report, all options are open. The petition is premature,” said the court.Petitioner Nedumpura told the Supreme Court that investigation is not the job of the Court and should be left to the police, also questioning that why no FIR was registered on the day the cash was discovered on March 14.“Today, we cannot interfere at this stage. Let the in-house procedure be over and after that all options are open to the Chief Justice of India,” Justice Oka reiterated.The in-house committee was constituted on March 22 by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to carry out an inquiry into the discovery of “four to five semi-burnt sacks” of Indian currency notes that were allegedly discovered after a fire incident reported at Justice Varma’s bungalow.Earlier, the Supreme Court had made public a video showing the presence of currency in the gutted room.Also Read: Justice Varma Case: Too Many Questions Unanswered, Many of Them for Supreme CourtIt also made public late on Saturday (March 23) Justice Varma’s response to the developments to Delhi high court chief Justice Devendra Upadhyaya, in which he denied ever placing cash into the room and alleged the presence of a conspiracy in its discovery.“As far grievance regarding the third respondent (Justice Varma) is concerned, as can be seen from the website of the Supreme Court, in-house procedure is going on. There will be several options open for the Chief Justice of India after the conclusion of the inquiry. Therefore at this stage, it will not be appropriate to entertain this writ petition,” said the bench in its order dismissing the petition.
