{
  "id": 8922018,
  "title": "Delhi HC Calls Justice Varma Cash Probe Plea 'Wild Witch Hunt', Refuses To Entertain It",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/delhi-hc-calls-justice-varma-cash-probe-plea-wild-witch-hunt-refuses",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T12:06:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/delhi-hc-calls-justice-varma-cash-probe-plea-wild-witch-hunt-refuses-to-entertain-it"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations of cash being discovered at the residence of former Justice Yashwant Varma. Justice Amit Bansal criticized the petition as a \"wild witch hunt\" and emphasized the petitioner and advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay lacked the necessary jurisdiction. Upadhyay had argued that the case was exceptional and that a magistrate could not order a CBI or Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigation. The High Court reasoned that Upadhyay could pursue alternative remedies, such as contacting the Delhi Police and a competent magistrate. The court did not comment on the validity of the allegations themselves, only whether the petitioner had the right to seek a CBI or SIT probe through the High Court.",
  "summary": "The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking registration of a first information report (FIR) and an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged discovery of cash at the official residence of former Justice Yashwant Varma. Justice Amit Bansal questioned the locus of petitioner and advocate Ghanshyam…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}