LIVE Updates: Supreme Court to decide on Judge Loya death probe pleas today

Judge Loya death: Five petitions have been listed for judgement at 10.30 am on Thursday before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. (File Photo)

After hearing a batch of petitions seeking an independent probe into the death of special CBI judge Brijmohan Harikishan Loya, the Supreme Court Thursday is likely to pronounce its order. Five petitions have been listed for judgement at 10.30 am before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud. The bench had reserved its order on March 16.

Records show that Loya died of a heart attack in Nagpur, Maharashtra, on December 1, 2014. The petitioners, however, had moved the top court alleging he died under “mysterious” circumstances. At the time of his death in 2014, he was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh “fake encounter” case, in which BJP president Amit Shah was named an accused. Shah was later acquitted in the case.

There were heated exchanges between the counsels for the petitioners and the state of Maharashtra during the hearing. While the petitioners raised questions on the circumstances surrounding Loya’s death, the state had called the claims motivated.

Judge Loya died of a heart attack in December 2014. Records show that CBI special judge B H Loya died of a heart attack in Nagpur, Maharashtra, on December 1, 2014. Five petitions, however, were moved in the Supreme Court seeking an independent probe into his death. The petitioners alleged the judge died under "mysterious" circumstances. At the time of his death in 2014, judge Loya was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh “fake encounter” case in which BJP president Amit Shah was named an accused. Shah was later discharged.