Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 30 (HBTV): A CBI court in Chandigarh on Saturday acquitted former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice (Retd) Nirmal Yadav and four others in a 17-year-old corruption case.

She was accused of receiving INR 15 lakh in cash while serving as a judge in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2008. The trial court in Chandigarh completed the hearing and reserved its decision in the case, which involved a packet containing INR 15 lakh that was delivered to the official residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur 17 years ago.

The CBI had registered an FIR in this case in 2008. The court of Additional Sessions Judge Alka Malik had completed the final arguments and reserved its decision.

Vishal Garg Narwana, the lawyer representing Justice Nirmal Yadav, told ANI, ‘The case started in 2008. Today, the verdict was announced. There were five accused. One of the accused had already died. The remaining four, including Justice Nirmal Yadav, have been acquitted.’

The development comes amid an ongoing probe into the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash at the official residence of Justice Yashwant Varma.

Meanwhile, Justice Yashwant Varma was transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court following controversy over allegations of unaccounted cash discovered at his New Delhi residence on March 14 after a fire broke out there. However, Justice Varma denied any involvement, asserting that neither he nor his family members had placed the cash in the storeroom.

(ANI)