Justice Loya Death

"Our government is open to reinvestigating the Loya death case," Anil Deshmukh told reporters

Loya was the judge hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case

Those seeking an independent probe into the matter had referred to the sequence of events to highlight that a fair investigation was needed to rule out any foul play in the death

Justice B H Loya had allegedly died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014

"If the chief justice cannot take care of his judiciary, then he is not fit to be chief justice," the senior advocate said

Justice Loya had allegedly died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014

The apex court had earlier asked Maharashtra Government to submit postmortem report of the CBI judge

PILs cannot be based on unconfirmed and "hearsay" media reports solely, and the courts should verify the credentials of such petitioners, says Rohatgi

Rahul Gandhi said want independent probe and not CBI

The apex court took umbrage at the verbal duel between two senior lawyers Dushayan Dave and Pallav Shishodia, calling it "unacceptable"

Congress leader Kapil Sibal said the SC or the Bombay High Court should constitute an independent special investigation team (SIT) to probe Loya's death

Elaborating on the circumstances of judge Loya's death, Sibal said the party would go to every village of the country if an independent investigation was not ordered

Justice Loya, who was hearing the sensitive Sohrabuddin Sheikh "fake encounter" case, had allegedly died of a cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014

At the time of his death, Justice Loya, 48, was hearing the politically sensitive Sohrabuddin encounter case