Supreme Court dismisses plea for FIR against former judge Yashwant Varma

A bench of the Supreme Court, consisting of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, dismissed a petition on Friday that requested the registration of an FIR and a court-monitored probe regarding an alleged cash recovery at the residence of former Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma. The petitioner, advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay, argued that the former judge should face criminal liability for the unaccounted money despite his resignation from office. Upadhyay contended that his current petition differed from a previously dismissed one because he had now filed a formal complaint.

The court refused to entertain the plea, citing the dismissal of a similar petition in the past. While the petitioner sought to distinguish his current filing from the previous attempt on procedural grounds, the bench maintained its stance against the request. Reports indicate that the court characterized the plea as an attempt to gain cheap publicity.