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New Delhi: Even as the committee constituted by the Lok Sabha Speaker to probe charges against him following the alleged discovery of huge amount of burnt currency notes from the outhouse of his official residence in Delhi on March 14, 2025, has made little headway, Allahabad high court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma has resigned from his post. He had not been allotted any judicial work since his transfer to the Allahabad high court.

“While I do not propose to burden your august office with the reasons which have constrained me to submit this missive, it is with deep anguish that I hereby tender my resignation from the office of Judge of Hon’ble High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, with immediate effect,” read his letter dated April 9 addressed to the President of India.

However, while the resignation, which has come months after he remained adamant that there had been no wrongdoing on his part, would bring the ongoing impeachment proceedings technically to a close, the fact remains that yet another judge may have got away from the due process as prescribed by the Constitution by resigning before he could be formally impeached by both houses of Parliament.

The impeachment process results in a lot of facts emerging and hears testimony from both sides, as parliament turns almost into a courtroom. These processes reveal the truth and shed light on places where illumination is most needed.

Once his resignation is........

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