A trail of cash, missing complaints, and conduct flagged as “unnatural” led the panel to call for Justice Varma’s removal from the High Court

A three-member panel of senior judges has recommended the initiation of removal proceedings against Justice Yashwant Varma, a sitting judge of the Allahabad High Court, following an investigation into an accidental fire at his government residence.

Sonam Raghuvanshi was in extensive touch and had made over 100 calls to a man named Sanjay Verma, before and after her marriage with Raja Raghuvanshi, whom she murdered in Meghalaya last month.