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#SupremeCourt to hear plea by former Andhra Pradesh HC Chief Justice challenging an order passed by the AP High Court calling for a probe into his telephonic conversations with the District Munsif Magistrate casting aspersions on a sitting SC judge.
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Adv Prashant Bhushan: HC was hearing a matter seeking an enquiry on people not following COVID protocol. One suspended magistrate submitted a pen drive and showed my conversation with him. After it was leaked an enquiry was ordered upon

Bhushan: . I said yes conversation took place and some parts of the conversation happened. It was a private conversation and no criminal conspiracy was there. What enquiry is needed?

Senior Adv Harish Salve: Of course there is a need. We don't know what the conversation is about

@pbhushan1 : If you want to hold an enquiry. Hold it about the full thing. I spoke about some land deals where a sitting Supreme Court judge is involved. Then there should be an enquiry into the land deals to.

@pbhushan1 : Mr Salve and Mr Sibal are appearing for intervenors. There is more than what meets the eye. It has to be seen who is paying there fees.

Senior Adv Sibal: The portion which has been edited out is scandalous.

Bhushan: what edit out?? We have only transcribed what was given by you.

@KapilSibal : it is not true. This is not a correct transcript

Adv Bhushan: I am surprised how these interventions are allowed. Who are they? For some purported Dalit orgsnisation. The order on the face of it was a bad order

Senior Adv Salve: So What ?

Bhushan: Nothing has been edited out. It's exactly as per the conversation on the pendrive. The conversation I had with Ramakrishna was three fold. First was his suspension, then I cajoled him and then took information regarding the benami land deals.

Bhushan: I have come our in several press conferences where I have stated things about the sitting Supreme Court judge and the erstwhile Chief Minister of the state of Andhra Pradesh

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Senior Adv Salve: first he accepted everything and then filed an affidavit with ifs and buts. This affidavit makes matter worse. Either we have a complete transcript of what was said. Evidence needs to be recorded from the district judge.

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Salve: he is using this affidavit to further his agenda. We need to file a reply to this.

Senior Adv Sibal: I agree with Mr Sibal. I have made a chart to show what you have missed out from the transcript

SC: this Court cannot hold an enquiry on what was missed out and what not

Justice Bhushan: Since he had substantially accepted the conversation let High Court look into it and issue notice to him

Bhushan: the HC order needs to be stayed as it makes serious statements against me. I did not release the private conversation. The other person did

@pbhushan1 : Without hearing me baseless allegations have been made against me. On this ground the HC order has to be set aside.

Senior Adv Salve: giving reasons the order was passed.

Bhushan: I don't know how these interventions are filed. These are mala fide interventions

Heard. Order reserved.

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