Parliament initiates process to impeach Justice Yashwant Varma

• Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members submit notices to presiding officers of respective Houses.

• Chairman of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar acknowledges the move.

• Notice to Rajya Sabha Speaker Om Birla receives bipartisan backing, with 152 members, including Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi, signing.

• Notable signatories include BJP leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Anurag Thakur, Nationalist Congress Party member Supriya Sule, Congress leaders K.C. Venugopal and K. Suresh, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader T.R. Baalu, Revolutionary Socialist Party member N.K. Premachandran, and Indian Union Muslim League member E.T. Mohammed Basheer.

• Justice Varma’s responsibilities were transferred from Delhi High Court to Allahabad High Court after burnt currency notes were found at his residence in Delhi on March 14.

• A notice for the removal of a judge must be signed by at least 100 members in the Lok Sabha and 50 in the Rajya Sabha.

• A committee to examine charges against Justice Varma will be constituted jointly by the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman.

• The inquiry report will be tabled in Parliament, followed by discussion in both Houses, and voting on the motion for the removal of Justice Varma.