India, Oct. 2 -- Sanjiv Prakash Sharma, who recently retired as acting chief justice of the Rajasthan high court, in an interview to HT rejected the allegations levelled against him by Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta, terming them as "completely fabricated" and driven by "personal jealousy". Edited excerpts:

His remarks were those of a layman rather than a Supreme Court judge. Whatever Justice Mehta has said was a deliberate act of conspiracy. To my knowledge, not a single allegation made by him has been found to be true.

Might be simple professional jealousy. In 2011, both of us were elevated as senior advocates. I was elevated without moving an application; the entire full court selected me to become a senior advocate. He ha...