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The Supreme Court on Monday granted relief to former Andhra Pradesh High Court judge, Justice V. Eswaraiah against an Order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court directing for a judicial inquiry into an alleged phone conversation between him and a District Judge plotting conspiracy against the High Court Chief Justice and a sitting Supreme Court Judge.
The Supreme Court noted that the High Court ordered the enquiry against Eswaraiah was ordered while hearing an unconnected PIL related to following of COVID-19 protocols in the High Court. We are of the view that the High Court ought not to have embarked on any other enquiry in the matter except to the maintainability of the PIL. , a bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy observed.
: Friday, February 26, 2021, 7:54 PM IST
Analysis: Here s what the Supreme Court and High Courts of India had to say this week
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This segment highlights the important issues of the Indian Legal System of the week objectively and with a magnified legal lens factually.
What made Headlines from the Supreme Court of India this week?
1. The Supreme Court has
reserved orders in Justice V. Eswaraiah s plea challenging the order of Andhra Pradesh High Court directing probe into an alleged conspiracy against Supreme Court and High Court judges. What is this controversy really about? The Judge had the Supreme Court against an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court whereby an investigation was sought to be conducted into a private conversation between himself and a suspended Munsif Magistrate. This conversation pertained to the alleged hatching of a âserious conspiracyâ against the High Court Chief Justice and a Senior sitting Judge of the Supr
Row over phone conversation between him and suspended judicial officer
The Supreme Court on Monday asked former Andhra Pradesh High Court judge, Justice V. Eswaraiah, to file an affidavit about the “private phone conversation” between him and a suspended judicial officer, which the State High Court dubbed a “serious conspiracy” to destabilise the judiciary.
The High Court, on August 13, ordered a judicial inquiry by former Supreme Court judge, Justice R.V. Raveendran, into the phone chat. It had termed the conversation an attempt to “malign” a senior sitting Supreme Court judge and the then Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.