Death of Justice Loya needs to be probed at the highest levels of the Supreme Court: Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI : The Congress on Friday described the unprecedented action of four Supreme Court judges of listing out the problems afflicting the institution as “extremely disturbing” and said the concerns raised by them will have far-reaching consequences.
Addressing a press conference here in the presence of senior leaders, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, “The four SC judges raised extremely important points. They spoke about a threat to democracy which needs to be looked into”.
“This type of thing has never happened before. It is unprecedented. All citizens who love the idea of justice, who believe in the Supreme Court are looking at this issue and it is important that it is addressed,” Gandhi said.
He said the death of judge B H Loya needs to be probed at the highest levels of the Supreme Court. “They (four SC Judges) have made a point about Judge Loya’s case. It needs to be investigated properly. It needs to be looked at from the highest levels of the Supreme Court,” he added.
His has never happened before…Even Justice Loya’s death needs to be investigated properly by too apex court judges in the death of judge BH Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.
Before the press briefing, Rahul Gandhi chaired a meeting of senior Congress leaders at his residence to decide on party’s take on SC judges issue.
Four senior judges of the Supreme Court on Friday mounted a virtual revolt against the chief justice, listing a litany of problems that they said are afflicting the country’s highest court and warned they could destroy Indian democracy.
The unprecedented move at a joint news conference by the four judges including Justice J Chelameswar, the second senior judge after the Chief Justice of India, left the judiciary and observers stunned, leaving uncertain how this open dissension in the hallowed institution would be resolved.
All citizens who love the idea of justice are looking at this issue and it needs to be addressed.”They have mentioned that there is a threat to democracy. They have also raised the Judge Loya issue.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Friday also said the 2014 death of judge BH Loya, who was hearing sensitive cases, was a serious matter and asked the Maharashtra government to explain why an independent probe should not be ordered.
Loya’s court was handling the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, in which BJP president Amit Shah was one of the accused. Loya died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014, when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague’s daughter.
Shah was later discharged by the court from the case.The top court also asked the state government to submit post-mortem report of Loya. (With inputs from Agency ).
