New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- Two weeks after the three-member Joint Inquiry Committee issued notice to Justice Yashwant Varma seeking his response to corruption charges that have triggered removal proceedings in the Parliament, the Allahabad High Court judge has moved the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the Committee by contending that the same was constituted unilaterally by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, allegedly without consultation with the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

Justice Varma has argued that the Speaker's (of Lok Sabha) decision to unilaterally constitute the Committee under Section 3(2) of the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, violates both the said Act and Article 14 of the Constitution.

The High Court judge has contended that...