North India Statesman
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The Chief Justice of the country (CJI) Justice Sanjeev Khanna has assured the lawyers opposing the transfer of Justice Yashwant Verma of Allahabad High Court that their demands will be considered and the collegium will reconsider withdrawing its recommendation. Anil Tiwari, president of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association, said that in a meeting with Bar leaders on 27 March 2025, CJI said to take his concerns seriously.
On Thursday, representatives of the six-time association of various High Courts met CJI Khanna and other collegium members- Justice BR Gawai, Justice Suryakant, Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Vikram Nath and demanded the cancellation of the transfer of Justice Verma.
What happened in the meeting?
After the meeting, Bar Association President Anil Tiwari said that the members of the collegium discussed the memorandum and assured to consider the demands. He said that the Allahabad High Court Bar Association will reconsider the issue whether the indefinite strike should be continued or not.
Significantly, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association started an indefinite strike from March 25 in protest against his proposal to send Justice Verma back to the original High Court.
Which High Court Bar Council representatives were found?
The meeting was attended by representatives of bar bodies of Allahabad, Gujarat, Kerala, Jabalpur, Karnataka and Lucknow High Courts. He submitted a memorandum to CJI Khanna and sought time to meet personally.
Representatives raised another serious issue in the meeting – the case of tampering at the official residence of Nyayamurthy Verma. On March 14, during the fire incident in his residence, the bundles of half -baked cash were allegedly recovered. Bar bodies raised questions when no FIR was registered in this incident so far.
Allegations on Justice Verma and reaction of judiciary
In the memorandum, the bar bodies appreciated the steps taken by the CJI to maintain transparency, especially the decision to make public the report of the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court on the Supreme Court website.
The Bar Association demanded to stop the transfer of Justice Verma and also said that apart from being separated from judicial work, administrative work should also be withdrawn from them.
Fire incident and demand for criminal investigation
The Bar Association demanded the implementation of criminal law in this entire case. The memorandum stated that according to the report of the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, someone had removed the goods from Justice Verma’s residence a day after the fire incident.
Apart from this, it was also said in the memorandum,
“Other people may be involved in such an incident, and not registering an FIR will adversely affect the judicial process.”
Justice Verma’s rescue
On March 14, at 11:35 pm, the government residence located in Lutyens area of Justice Verma caught fire. After this incident, when firefighters reached there, they received the cashless cash.
Following this dispute, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended Justice Verma to be sent back to his original Allahabad High Court. Along with this, his judicial functions were withdrawn by the Delhi High Court.
CJI Sanjeev Khanna constituted a three -member committee to investigate the matter on 22 March and decided to make public the report of Chief Justice of Delhi High Court DK Upadhyay on the website.
