The Supreme Court raised concerns that Rajya Sabha Secretary General P.C. Mody prepared a draft decision concluding that a notice of motion by Rajya Sabha MPs to remove Justice Yashwant Varma was inadmissible. The Deputy Rajya Sabha Chairman rejected the MPs’ notice of motion based on the Secretary General’s conclusions that not all was “in order”. A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and S.C. Sharma said the Secretary General’s role was administrative and did not extend to quasi-adjudicatory functions. The court said the Secretariat should exercise restraint and leave admission of such motions to the Lok Sabha Speaker or the Rajya Sabha Chairman, as applicable.