INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
raised questions over the Supreme Court verdict rejecting a batch of pleas seeking a probe into the alleged mysterious death of judge B H
Loya, saying it was a sad letter day in the country's history and pitched for a fair probe into the matter.
Attacking the BJP for accusing
Congress president Rahul Gandhi's as being the invisible hand behind the petitions seeking the probe, party spokesperson Randeep Singh
The suspicious circumstances in which Loya died, was a matter of deep concern for those who have faith in the judiciary
The copy of the entire judgement is not yet available
But there are still questions before those who believe in the judiciary," Mr Surjewala said.
He raised 10 questions relating to the case as
he criticised the verdict and noted that issue of criminality can be decided only through a probe, contending that no investigation was done
attempt to make false capital out of the Supreme Court judgement must be condemned with strongest possible words, he added.
Mr Surjewala
also stressed that the Congress was not among the petitioners seeking a probe into the judge's death and recalled that the party had instead
misinterpret the Supreme Court judgement reflects their jitteriness and frustration
We reject and condemn the malicious attempts of the BJP to misinterpret the judgement for finger pointing, he said.
Earlier in the day,
Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the top court's verdict dismissing the pleas seeking an independent probe into Loya's death
will raise more questions and leave many of them unanswered unless logical reasons were found in it.
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 the judge's death and the documents placed on record and their scrutiny established that the death was due to natural
cause.
Judge Loya had died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014 when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague's
