The Centre on Friday notified the transfer of Justice Yashwant Varma from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court amid the cash recovery row.
"In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Shri Justice Yashwant Varma, Judge, Delhi High Court, to be a Judge of Allahabad High Court and to direct him to assume charge of his office in the Allahabad High Court," the order read.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court directed the Allahabad HC CJ not to assign any judicial work to Justice Varma for now.
The apex court on March 24 recommended the repatriation of Justice Varma to his parent Allahabad HC following the latest developments.
Justice Varma was caught at the centre of a controversy on March 14 upon discovery of a huge pile of cash from his home when the fire broke out at his official residence.
A three-member in-house inquiry panel was set up by the CJI to probe the circumstances surrounding the cash discovery.
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Justice Varma denounced any insinuation and said no cash was ever placed in the storeroom either by him or any of his family members.
The Allahabad HC Bar Association declared that they would boycott Justice Varma's swearing-in ceremony. The members of the association described the transfer as the "darkest day for India's judiciary".
Anil Tiwari, president of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association told PTI that, "I don't know what compelled the government to issue this transfer notification, but we still trust that it will intervene. We have called an emergency meeting tonight with senior advocates to decide our next course of action."
He added that the transfer was unfair. "The Allahabad HC has been turned into a dumping ground," he said.
Earlier in the day the SC rejected a PIL seeking Delhi Police to register an FIR over the alleged discovery of burnt wads of cash from Justice Varma's official residence, calling the petition "premature".
