India, April 12 -- The resignation of Allahabad High Court judge justice Yashwant Varma last week may have effectively brought to a close the ongoing parliamentary inquiry into allegations of burnt wads of unaccounted cash being discovered at his official residence in Delhi last year, but it has done little to shed light on the infamous incident. The resignation rendered infructuous the proceedings initiated under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, as the statutory mechanism for removal, triggered through a motion in Parliament, ceased to operate once the judge demitted office. Varma was facing removal proceedings following a Lok Sabha motion admitted in August 2025, with a three-member inquiry committee constituted by Speaker Om Birla to pr...