INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
of judge BH Loya has expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court's ruling that rejected petitions seeking an independent probe into his
death."We have nothing to say Whatever has happened, has happened
What can we do now" said Srinivas Loya, who lives in Latur.Judge Loya, 48, was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, in which
BJP president Amit Shah was an accused, when he died of a heart attack in Maharashtra's Nagpur, where he was attending a wedding.Srinivas
Loya said the Supreme Court has taken note of what lawyers like Prashant Bhushan had to say about the matter, and the top court has given
"then what is our standing We are very small people," he said."The best is we will not say anything in the matter now
How will it help We can do nothing further
It's futile," the brother of judge Loya said.The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and
Justice DY Chandrachud ruled there was no merit in the petition and judge Loya died a natural death.The judge who replaced him ruled there
was not enough evidence against Amit Shah to merit a trial and discharged the BJP chief
The top court, without naming anyone, said it "takes strong exception to Insinuation that one individual controls judiciary".While rejecting
a probe, the Supreme Court said "we can't doubt the statements of the judicial officers who were with Loya" in his last hours
Judges J Kulkarni, J Barde, J Modak and JRR Rathi say the death of Judge Loya was "natural and unfortunate".In an interview to The Caravan
magazine, Judge Loya's sister Anuradha Biyani questioned the circumstances of his death
Another relative alleged that Judge Loya was offered a huge bribe and was under immense mental pressure
The Maharashtra police rubbished the family's claims.As speculation peaked, Judge Loya's son Anuj Loya said in January that the family no
longer had any suspicion about the death
"There was some suspicion before due to emotional turmoil, but now it is clear," Anuj Loya told reporters.
