Court Order On Judge Loya Shows Judiciary Can't Be Misled: Rajnath Singh

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
order rejecting the plea for a probe into the death of Judge B H Loya has sent out a clear message that the judiciary cannot be "misled" by
allegations based on political vendetta, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.The minister, who posted a series of tweets, also came
down heavily on several attempts to target the BJP and its top leaders through "fake" cases."It is extremely unfortunate that there have
been several attempts of targeting the BJP and assassinating the character of its top leaders on the basis of fake facts'
These attempts have failed miserably once again," he said on Twitter.The home minister said the Supreme Court order has also raised serious
questions on the intention of filing such PILs."The Supreme Court has also cautioned against the misuse of courts in political tug of war
The SC verdict gives a clear message that the judiciary cannot be misled by allegations based on political vendetta," Mr Singh said.The
Supreme Court today dismissed pleas seeking an independent probe into the death of the special CBI judge and ruled that he died of natural
causes.The petitions were a serious attempt to scandalise and obstruct the course of justice, the court said.It dubbed the PILs into the
death of judge Loya, who was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, frivolous and motivated litigations to settle
political scores.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 issue of Loya's death had come under spotlight in November last year after media reports quoting his sister had fuelled