Former HC judge files affidavit in phone conversation case

Former Andhra Pradesh High Court judge, Justice V. Eswaraiah, has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court contending that a “deliberately distorted” version of his private phone conversation with a suspended judicial officer became the basis for the State High Court to launch an inquiry into a “conspiracy” against the higher judiciary. Justice Eswaraiah, who is the Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Higher Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission, said the allegations of “conspiracy” and a “plot” against the judiciary derived from the contents of the conversation were basically “white lies”, derogatory and defamatory to him.