The inquiry committee had concluded that the police and fire authorities were “slipshod” for not lodging an FIR or preparing a seizure memo recording exactly what they came across at the scene of the fire on March 14-15
A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court criticising the Centre for not initiating “an effective and meaningful investigation” into allegations of discovery and removal of “burnt” cash from the residential premises of High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma, in Delhi following a fire.
“The Central government, which is in charge of the Delhi Police, on it being reported that there has been an incident of huge volumes of currency notes, burned and partially burned, being found and clandestinely removed from the official residence of Justice Varma, was duty-bound to direct the Delhi Police to register an First Information Report (FIR). It amounts to a great failure in the discharge of its sovereign function, nay, duty to investigate crimes and secure punishment to those who violate the law,” advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara, petitioner-in-person, submitted in a petition.
