Former Chief Justice of Patna High Court Justice (retired) L. Narasimha Reddy on Friday denied the allegation of corruption levelled on him by sitting judge Justice Dharnidhar Jha.

Justice Jha had claimed that corruption became rampant during Justice Reddy's tenure. He also accused the former chief justice of having no respect for the rules and said the latter was acting like a "Badshah". Justice Jha also hinted at in the centenary celebrations of the high court held earlier this year during Justice Reddy's tenure.

Denying the allegations, Justice Reddy told The Telegraph over phone from Hyderabad: "Everybody had access to me 24 hours during my tenure in Patna High Court. This person (Justice Jha) never uttered a word to question any of my decisions, all of which were taken in full court meetings."

Justice Jha had levelled the allegations on the former chief justice in a letter to the chairman of the Bihar State Bar Council on August 1, a day after Justice Reddy had retired. He (Justice Jha) had also boycotted the farewell party of the former chief justice organised by the council on July 31.

Justice Jha had written the letter to the Bar Council chairman citing reasons for his inability to participate in the farewell function of Justice (retired) Reddy. It states that Justice Reddy threw policies and decisions of the Supreme Court to the wind and had created sub-divisional courts arbitrarily.

"The motto of Justice Reddy was not to provide justice to the needy people, he was more interested in seeing his name written on the plaque to be put up as a mark of inauguration of a particular sub-divisional court. His behaviour was never like a judge; rather he behaved as a politician," reads the letter, a copy of which is the possession of The Telegraph.

Countering the claims, Justice Reddy said: "A number of sub-divisional courts were opened during my tenure in the state. The motive behind them was to help the poor people."