Supreme Court dismisses pleas for probe into CBI judge BH Loya's death

The ruling BJP alleged Congress President Rahul Gandhi was the "invisible hand" behind the petitions for a probe into the judge's death

The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday dismissed pleas for a probe into the death of special CBI judge B H Loya.

Loya was hearing the high-profile case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, killed in an allegedly fake 'encounter'. The judge had allegedly died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014, when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague's daughter.

The SC said the public interest suits were serious attempts to scandalise and obstruct the course of justice. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and judges A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said there was no