How is an in-house inquiry conducted?

Key Points

• 1An in-house committee has been constituted to investigate allegations of misconduct against Justice Yashwant Varma.
• 2The Chief Justice of Delhi High Court conducted the preliminary inquiry.
• 3Justice Varma responded that no cash was placed by him or his family in the storeroom.
• 4The in-house procedure for action against judges was adopted in 1999 and made public in 2014.
• 5If the recommendation is for removal, the judge will be asked to resign, or the President and Prime Minister will be informed.
• 6Details of in-house inquiries are kept confidential.
• 7There needs to be a renewed debate on operationalising the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC).