Supreme Court dismisses PILs seeking independent probe in Justice Loya's death

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, said the "petitions are scandalous and amount to criminal contempt".

Loya died due to heart attack when he was hearing Sohrabuddin Sheikh murder case in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah was accused.

The judge who replaced Loya acquitted Shah of all charges citing lack of evidences.

The death of the judge came into the light after The Caravan magazine published an interview in which Loya’s sister Anuradha Biyani, and father Harikrishan alleged a foul play.

The publication cites various alleged manipulations in records on the night of Loya’s death.

However, Justice Loya’s son Anuj rubbished the report, saying that he was convinced that his father died of a heart attack.

He also said that his family does not have any doubt about the “integrity of investigative agencies”.

The petitions turned out to be interesting as the four senior judges of the top court- Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph- months ago alleged that cases with far reaching consequences were assigned to selective judges.

Justice Chelameswar, who represented the four judges in an unprecedented press conference, said they had approached the CJI with a letter but failed to convince him.