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.
SC declines to stay AP HC order on probe into phone conversation of ex-judge
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Mon, Jan 11 2021 20:33 IST |
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New Delhi, Jan 11 : The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court directing a probe into the allegations of a telephonic conversation between one of its former judges and a suspended trial court magistrate.
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah asked former judge Justice V. Eswaraiah to file an affidavit on the conversation and the transcript of the same. Learned counsel for the petitioner does not dispute the conversation. He prays that he be permitted to file an affidavit of the petitioner with regard to above conversation. Let the affidavit be filed, the bench said in its order. The top court posted the matter for further hearing on January 18.