New Delhi, July 26 -- The Supreme Court will hear the plea of Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court on July 28, challenging the in-house three-judge inquiry committee's report and former CJI Sanjiv Khanna's recommendation to initiate impeachment proceedings against him.

A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih will hear the plea.

Justice Varma has said that he was not given a fair opportunity to respond by the in-house inquiry committee before it gave its findings.

The cash was allegedly found by firefighters when a fire broke out at the judge's residence in Delhi on March 14, while he was a judge of the Delhi High Court. The judge was not present at his house. Varma has strongly denied any involvement...