Cash found at judge’s house: inquiry panel report

• The three-member committee, including Justice Sheel Nagu, Justice G.S. Sandhawalia, and Justice Anu Sivaraman, has submitted a confidential report to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna.

• The committee was constituted on March 22 for a deeper investigation into allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma.

• The inquiry forms the second stage of the in-house inquiry procedure.

• The CJI, scheduled to retire on May 13, has multiple options, including registering an FIR, referring the report to Parliament, or dropping the allegation if no serious evidence is found.