India, Aug. 14 -- The parliamentary inquiry into allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma did not end with his resignation from the judiciary on April 9. In fact, 20 days after the resignation, the Lok Sabha secretariat conveyed to the three-member inquiry committee that Speaker Om Birla wanted the panel to complete its investigation and submit its report under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.

The 126-page report of the committee, headed by Supreme Court judge Justice Aravind Kumar, records that on April 29, the joint secretary of the Lok Sabha secretariat wrote to the committee's secretary stating that the "Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, had desired" that the Judges (Inquiry) Committee complete its investigation and submit its report in t...