With Modi, Justice Thakur and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in attendance, Kejriwal claimed at a function here that during his meetings with judges he had "overheard them telling each other that they should not talk on phones because they could be tapped".
He said when he told them the phones of judges cannot be tapped, "they retorted by saying that all phones could be tapped... I don't know whether it is true or not but there is a widespread fear. If it is true that phones are tapped then judges can be influenced...,"
Prasad, who spoke after Kejriwal, said, "I deny with all authority at command the allegations that phones of judges have been tapped."
The Law Minister said right from the Prime Minister to other ministers and the government, all have fought for the independence of judiciary and individual liberty and freedom of media during emergency.
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Later, the Home Minister also strongly denied Kejriwal's allegations as "baseless and unfounded".
"The Ministry of Home Affairs strongly denies media reports alleging tapping of telephones of some judges. There is no truth in these reports. These reports are baseless and unfounded," MHA spokesperson Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia said in a statement.
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