Supreme Court dismisses review petition seeking probe into Judge Loya's death
Justice Loya
Media reports had quoted Loya's family as saying his death had been suspicious. The Supreme Court had on April 19 said the judge Loya had died of natural causes
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a review petition seeking a probe into Judge Loya's death.
The petition was filed by the Bombay Lawyers' Association.
Loya had been hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encouter case in which BJP President Amit Shah was also an accused. He has since been discharged in the case.
Sheikh and his wife Kausar Bi were allegedly abducted by the Gujarat police's Anti-Terrorism Squad from Hyderabad on their way to Sangli in Maharashtra in November 2005. According to the prosecution, Sheikh was allegedly killed in a fake encounter. Kausar Bi was allegedly also killed later.
Shah was at the time home minister of Gujarat.
Tulsi Prajapati, an aide of Sheikh and who was said to be a witness to the encounter, was allegedly killed by police at Chapri village in Gujarat's Banaskantha district in December 2006
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The fake encounter case was transferred to Mumbai in September 2012 on the request of the CBI for ensuring a fair trial.
In 2013, the Supreme Court clubbed the Sheikh and Prajapati encounter cases.
Loya died in Nagpur on December 1, 2014, allegedly of a heart attack, while attending the wedding of a colleague's daughter.
Questions began to be asked about his death after news reports quoted his family as saying his death had been suspicious.
Then, on January 14, Loya's son said his father had died of natural causes.
On April 19, the Supreme Court decided Loya had died of natural causes, that there was no reason to doubt the word of the other judges with him at the wedding, and that there was no need for a further inquiry.
(With inputs from PTI)