Petitions related to Justice Loya's death transferred to SC

ANI  |  New Delhi [India] 

The on Monday transferred two cases pertaining to CBI Justice B. H. Loya's death from the to itself.

The apex court will hear the matter next in the first week of February.

The country's top court said that it would examine all the documents.

"This is a serious matter.

We have seen all the newspaper reports. We would like to see all the records", the court said.

Meanwhile, the government told the that a careful and prudent investigation was conducted after the

It further said that four judicial officers assured that there was no foul play involved.

The continued that the recorded the statements that said Justice Loya died of cardiac arrest.

A three-bench headed by of (CJI) Dipak Misra was hearing the pleas seeking an investigation into the allegedly suspicious death of Justice Loya.

The Loya case was one of many issues raised by four judges in the January 13 press conference. They alleged that the CJI was assigning cases to benches of his personal preference.

Justice Loya, at the time of his death in December 2014, was hearing the politically-sensitive encounter case in which was an accused along with several others. Shah was subsequently discharged from the case by the who took over the case.

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First Published: Mon, January 22 2018. 14:44 IST