JUDGES INQUIRY COMMITTEE SUBMITS REPORT TO HON'BLE SPEAKER, LOK SABHA

• Judges Inquiry Committee constituted under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 submitted its report on Justice Yashwant Varma to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on 18 May 2026 in Parliament House.
• The report flows from the only constitutional mechanism for removal of a sitting High Court / Supreme Court judge under Articles 124(4)–(5) / 217 / 218 of the Constitution — examinable for both Polity (GS-II) and Ethics (GS-IV).
• Touches the live debate on judicial accountability, in-house procedure vs statutory inquiry, and the cash-at-residence controversy that erupted in March 2025.