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Inquiry Committee for Judge Removal
January 20 , 2026
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- The Supreme Court upheld the Lok Sabha Speaker’s formation of an Inquiry Committee to investigate the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma.
- Rejection of a motion in one House (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha) does not prevent the other House from forming an inquiry committee.
- Articles 124 (Supreme Court judges) and 218 (High Court judges) deal with the removal of judges.
- Judges can be removed only for proven misbehaviour or incapacity.
- The Inquiry Committee comprises a Supreme Court judge, a High Court Chief Justice, and a distinguished jurist, and is formed by the Speaker or Chairman after admission of the motion.
- The motion requires a special majority in both Houses of Parliament, and removal is executed by the President of India.
- No judge of the higher judiciary has been successfully removed so far.
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