(PTI)
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed pleas seeking an independent probe into the death of special CBI judge B H Loya, ruling that the judge died of natural causes and the petitions were a serious attempt to scandalise and obstruct the course of justice
The apex court also held that all litigations concerning circumstances of death of judge Loya is concluded with this judgement
The top court dubbed the PILs into the death of judge Loya who was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, as frivolous and motivated litigations to settle political scores and rivalry were behind the “facade of the PIL” to malign the dignity of judicial officers and Bombay High Court judges
Loya had died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014 when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague’s daughter. The top court said the judicial process will be reduced to a “charade” if the courts are burdened with such cases with extraneous reasons
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said there was no reason to doubt the statements of four judges on the circumstances leading to Loya’s death and the documents placed on record and their scrutiny established that the death was due to natural cause.
