New Delhi: Amid the cash recovery controversy and the impeachment process, Justice Yashwant Verma submitted his resignation to the President on Friday.This comes after the controversy over the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash and the impeachment proceedings initiated against him in Parliament, ANI reported. After the allegations came to light, Justice Verma of Allahabad High Court was transferred from Delhi High Court. He was sworn in on April 5 last year and was later placed under a Supreme Court-led in-house investigation, which recommended further action.In his letter to the President dated April 9, Justice Verma said he did not want to burden the ‘honourable office’ of the President for reasons that “compel” him to resign. “With deep sorrow, I am tendering my resignation as judge of the Allahabad High Court with immediate effect,” he said in the letter.

What is the matter about?

The case centers on allegations that unaccounted cash was recovered after a fire broke out in a store room of Justice Verma’s official residence on March 14.Fire tenders found sufficient amount of cash in the premises to control the fire. The judge was not present at the residence at that time.Following this incident, the Supreme Court initiated an in-house investigation, the findings of which led to impeachment proceedings in Parliament.The Speaker of the Lok Sabha accepted the resolution signed by 146 MPs and constituted a three-member committee to investigate the allegations. The panel included Justice Amit Kumar, Justice Maninder Mohan Srivastava and Bibi Acharya.During the last hearing, the Supreme Court had questioned why Justice Verma did not initially challenge the in-house investigation process and later participate in it before raising objections.Justice Verma had argued that the proceedings were unconstitutional and challenged both the findings of the investigation and the recommendation to initiate impeachment by the then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna.