The stage is set for yet another probable removal proceeding (the expression “impeachment” being used in common parlance) against Justice Yashwant Verma, with the Supreme Court forwarding an in-house inquiry report to the President and the Prime Minister for appropriate action.
But it’s almost impossible to remove a judge and none has been removed since the Constitution came into force on January 26, 1950. Like a cat, an indicted Judge has nine lives to avoid being removed by a motion of removal in Parliament.