India, Aug. 12 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday announced three-member panel to probe allegations against high court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, at whose residence a large sum of burned and partially burned cash was found after firefighters fought a blaze in March this year.

The three-member panel includes Justice Aravind Kumar of the Supreme Court, Madras high court chief justice Maninder Mohan and senior advocate BV Acharaya.

The Supreme Court last week dismissed Allahabad high court judge Yashwant Varma's plea for invalidating a report of an SC-appointed in-house inquiry panel, which found him guilty of misconduct.

On March 21, the chief justice of India (CJI) had asked for the reply of Justice Varma in writing.

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