News India Live, Digital Desk: Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Verma, who came into limelight after the ‘cash-at-home’ controversy, has resigned from his post. In his letter sent to President Draupadi Murmu, he has said with ‘deep anguish’ that he is resigning from the post with immediate effect. The removal proceedings (process of removal or impeachment) against Justice Verma were gaining momentum in the Parliament. Legal experts believe that after this resignation, the ongoing parliamentary proceedings against Justice Verma will now become ‘infructuous’. The real ‘strategy’ behind the resignation was that about 146 MPs had signed a resolution in the Lok Sabha against Justice Yashwant Verma to remove him from the post. There were allegations of cash worth crores being found while extinguishing the fire at his official residence. Experts say that if he were removed by the Parliament, he would have lost the dignity of his constitutional post as well as all the benefits he would have received after retirement. But after resigning from the post, he will now continue to be entitled to pension like a ‘retired judge’. Will he still get full pension? According to Indian law and constitutional procedure, if a judge resigns before the completion of his tenure, he is eligible for pension and other gratuity benefits. Justice Yashwant Verma has resigned even before the completion of parliamentary inquiry and voting, thereby technically securing his retirement benefits (pension, medical facilities etc.). According to official sources, if Parliament had removed him finding him guilty of ‘misconduct’, he would have been ineligible for any government benefit. ‘Cash-at-home’ scandal that shook the judiciary The entire matter dates back to March 2025, when Justice Verma’s government residence in Delhi caught fire. Fire fighters who arrived to extinguish the fire reportedly found piles of currency notes there. After this, the then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court conducted an in-house inquiry and Justice Verma’s judicial work was withdrawn and he was transferred to Allahabad. However, Justice Verma has been rejecting these allegations outright and says that this money was not his. What next? Case can be filed against private citizen: After resigning from the constitutional post, Justice Yashwant Verma has now become a common citizen. This means that he no longer has the ‘constitutional protection’ that a judge has. Legal experts say that now if the government or investigating agencies wish, they can initiate regular criminal proceedings against them in cases of corruption or unaccounted property. Resignation can only stop the proceedings of Parliament, not the long arm of the law.