No cash kept in storeroom either by me or my family members: Delhi High Court judge Varma

Delhi High Court Judge Varma denies cash discovery allegations, calls it a conspiracy to frame and malign him.

Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma has strongly denounced the allegations in the currency recovery row at his official residence here and said no cash was ever placed in the storeroom either by him or any of my family members.

In his response submitted to Delhi High Court Chief Justice D. K. Upadhyaya, Justice Varma said the allegations of cash discovery at his residence clearly appeared to be a conspiracy to frame and malign him.

Justice Varma filed his reply after the Delhi High Court Chief Justice sought his response pursuant to an in-house probe initiated by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna.

He also said that the media should have conducted some enquiry before making allegations and defaming him. Justice Varma said he was not aware of any money or cash lying in the outhouse storeroom.

“Neither I nor any of my family members had any knowledge of cash nor does it have any bearing or relation with me or my family. No such cash or currency was shown to my family members or staff who were present on that fateful night.”

"I also strongly deny and outrightly reject the insinuation if made, that we removed currency from the storeroom. As stated above, we were neither shown nor handed over any sacks of burnt currency. In fact, and as stated above, the limited debris which was sought to be salvaged continues to exist in one part of the residence," the judge said.

Narrating the incident, Justice Varma said a fire broke out in the storeroom situated near the staff quarters of his official residence on the intervening night of March 14-15, 2025.