An unknown party has tapped the personal phone and office phones of Judge Shiran Gunaratne and even has hacked into his email, President's Counsel Hemantha Warnakulasuriya claimed.

Speaking to a local media channel, he claimed that the independence of the judiciary was at stake if these kinds of things are happening.

He also claimed that certain judges are being targeted by web media and other 'alternative media' to intimidate them into getting what they want to be done through the judiciary.

Warnakulasuriya revealed that he raised this question during a recent meeting of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka.