{
  "id": 690101,
  "title": "Justice Varma’s withdrawal from probe cannot end statutory inquiry, says Lok Sabha panel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/justice-varmas-withdrawal-from-probe-cannot-end-statutory-inquiry",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T17:53:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/justice-varmas-withdrawal-from-probe-cannot-end-statutory-inquiry-says-lok-sabha-panel/article71337801.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The panel says a statutory inquiry cannot depend on the ‘unilateral’ decision of a judge under inquiry, especially after the ‘evidence has substantially come on record’. It says Justice Varma was given a reasonable opportunity to make his case before it",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Justice Varma cash-at-home row: Can Parliament still remove judge from office?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/justice-varma-cash-at-home-row-can-parliament-still-remove-judge-from",
        "published": "2026-08-12T23:18:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "CJI forms three-member committee for deeper probe against Justice Varma",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/cji-forms-three-member-committee-for-deeper-probe-against-justice",
        "published": "2026-08-13T01:19:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}