No need to probe Justice Eswaraiah WhatsApp chat: Supreme Court
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A.P. High Court had ordered inquiry to set up authenticity
The Supreme Court on Monday discovered no cause for an inquiry right into a WhatsApp chat between retired Andhra High Court choose, Justice V. Eswaraiah, and a suspended judicial officer about alleged benami transactions within the Amaravati land rip-off case.
A Bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy stated the High Court order for an inquiry by retired apex courtroom choose, Justice R.V. Raveendran, was unwarranted as Justice Eswaraiah himself had admitted to having had the dialog.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court had directed an inquiry into the transcript to discover out the authenticity or genuineness of the dialog contained in a pen drive.
“…We are of the view that the direction by the High Court calling for a report from Justice R.V. Raveendran need not be allowed to continue. We order accordingly,” the courtroom stated.
During the listening to, distinguished members of the Supreme Court Bar like senior advocate Kapil Sibal and advocate Vipin Nair had sought an intensive probe into the chat.
“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 at the instance of the writ petitioner and the conversation dated July 20, 2020 filed before the High Court as well, as the enquiry report sought was only with the above purpose,” the apex courtroom stated.
It clarified that it had neither entered into the deserves of the writ petition (pending earlier than HC), nor was it expressing any opinion on the maintainability of the PIL.
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