Andhra HC ex-judge disputes correctness of cellphone name transcript

Stating that he had spoken over a name with a suspended District Munsif whereby he’s alleged to have made enquiries about land dealings by kin of a Supreme Court decide, former Andhra Pradesh High Court decide Justice (retd) V Eswaraiah Monday contended earlier than the Supreme Court that the English transcript of the identical filed earlier than the High Court which had ordered an inquiry into the dialog “was incorrect…”.
Eswaraiah’s plea difficult the August 13 order of the High Court — which ordered a probe into the alleged dialog saying the data positioned earlier than it contained data that purportedly disclosed a critical conspiracy in opposition to the judiciary — got here up Monday earlier than a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan which posted it for additional listening to within the first week of February.
The SC had earlier requested him to make clear his stand with regard to the purported dialog.
Eswaraiah has alleged within the Supreme Court that family of a “senior sitting” apex court docket decide had been concerned in “benami transactions” within the Amaravati land rip-off and he was making an attempt to gather extra proof on this regard.
PTI provides: In his reply affidavit filed within the high court docket, Justice (retd) Eswaraiah stated, “I state that asking for material (if available) regarding the conduct of a sitting judge and which to my knowledge was the subject matter of investigation, cannot by any stretch of imagination be said to be a conspiracy. I state that I did seek information and material from Mr Ramakrishna in that phone conversation with regard to benami transactions involving the CRDA in Andhra Pradesh and the involvement of the relatives of the said Supreme Court judge…”
Eswaraiah stated his admission or denial of the dialog with Ramakrishna is “immaterial” in deciding the plea. “I have not committed any crime and there is no complaint by anybody with reference to the said private conversation.”