The three-member panel formed to investigate the allegations of cash discovery at the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma, has concluded that there was sufficient substance to initiate proceedings for the removal of the former Delhi High Court judge.

        The committee comprising Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court GS Sandhawalia and Karnataka High Court judge Anu Sivaraman has rebuffed his claims that the episode was a set up to frame him.

       As per the report, cash was  found at the storeroom of Justice Varma’s residence in New Delhi and two of his domestic staff were instrumental in removing the burnt cash from the store room.