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Judge Loya Death Case: Supreme Court verdict will raise more questions, says Congress

The Congress on Thursday that the Supreme Court judgment on Loya's death will raise more questions and leave many of them unanswered unless logical reasons were found in it.

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The Congress on Thursday that the Supreme Court judgment dismissing a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the death of special CBI judge B H Loya will raise more questions and leave many of them unanswered unless logical reasons were found in it.

Judge Loya allegedly died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014, when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague's daughter. He was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. Timeline of events

"Dispassionate analysis of Loya judgement must await its full reasoning. But unless logical reasons found in it, it will raise more questions and leave many unanswered," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said on Twitter.

In his first response to the verdict, Singhvi said the apex court can remove suspicions only by dealing with them directly.

"Am prepared to accept a) heavy emphasis in SC Loya regarding veracity of accompanying judges b) anguish regarding scandalous arguments (c) initiation of contempt if it arises (d) provided it is accompanied by solid reasons rebutting the 7/8 suspicious circumstances raised. Absent that, above lamentations not enough (sic)," he tweeted.

"The verdict marks a sad day in India's history. The Supreme Court verdict has left many questions unanswered.There were discrepancies in the post-mortem report, even in recording the name of the victim properly,"   Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said. 

Judge Loya's death had come under the spotlight in November last year after media reports quoting his sister had fuelled suspicion about circumstances surrounding it and its link to the Sohrabuddin case.

But his son on January 14 said in Mumbai that his father died of natural causes. 

Maharashtra-based journalist BS Lone and activist Tehseen Poonavala had filed independent pleas seeking a fair probe into the death of Judge Loya. Senior advocates Dushyant Dave, Indira Jaising, V Giri, PS Surendranath and Pallav Shishodia along with advocate Prashant Bhushan appeared for the petitioners.

Rejecting the petitions, a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said, "There is no reason to doubt statements of four judges on circumstances leading to the death of Loya and the documents placed on record and their scrutiny establishes that Loya's death was due to natural cause."

(With PTI inputs)

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