New Delhi, -- In a resignation as terse as it is telling, Justice Yashwant Varma has walked away from the Allahabad High Court, drawing the curtain on a turbulent tenure even as the machinery of impeachment and inquiry continued to gather pace around him.
His departure-communicated in a restrained letter to Droupadi Murmu-reads like a quiet retreat in the face of an escalating storm, marked by what he described as "profound anguish" and an unmistakable refusal to engage with the allegations that have dogged him for over a year.
The April 9 letter, effective immediately, offers no defense, no justification-only distance. "I do not propose to burden your august office with the reasons which have constrained me," Justice Varma wrote, choosin...