New Delhi, Apr 19: Reacting to the Supreme Court order dismissing
a set of petitions seeking an SIT probe into the death of special CBI judge B H
Loya, the Congress on Thursday said the judgment left many questions unanswered
and pitched for a fair investigation in the matter.
Talking to reporters here, AICC media incharge Randeep
Surjewala said, 'today is a ‘Sad Letter Day’ in India’s history. The verdict
leaves many questions unanswered. The issue of criminality or the lack thereof
can only be decided through investigation. No one, without an investigation, can
decide whether the death is natural or unnatural.'
Earlier on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that Judge Loya's death was due to a natural cause, and went on to dismiss petitions seeking a probe.
However, Mr Surjewala contended that overwhelming material shows that the death was not a natural one.
'Can statements of some judges made in an administrative enquiry before a police officer be the sole yardstick for arriving a conclusion, more so when there is suspicion being raised by available forensic evidence, opinion of experts, documents, discrepancies and statements of various witnesses given to different organisations pointing towards a possible conspiracy? In law, according to us, statements made even by a judge before a police officer have no evidentiary value. Can such statements then be the sole criteria for not conducting any investigation?
Overwhelming material available in public domain needs to be investigated and examined for its truthfulness before arriving at a conclusion. This could only be done in an investigation and not in a Public Interest Litigation,' Mr Surjewala said.
Mr Surjewala said that Judge Loya's sister gave an interview, alleging that he was offered a bribe of Rs 100 crore along with a flat in Mumbai if he were to deliver a verdict in favour of the accused.
'The ECG and histopathology report showed no evidence of a heart attack whatsoever. AIIMS doctor RK Sharma clearly stated that there was no sign of a heart attack and there was evidence that Loya was hit on head by a blunt weapon," Mr Surjewala said.
Loya, who allegedly died of cardiac arrest on December 1, 2014, had reportedly shared a hotel room with two judges when he was attending the wedding of a colleague's daughter in Nagpur.
"Loya's family had publicly stated that clothes had blood stains, especially near his neck. There are discrepancies even in recording Loya's name correctly in the post-mortem report," Mr Surjewala
said.
Refuting the BJP's allegations that the Congress party was behind the petitions filed in the matter in the Supreme Court, Mr Surjewala said, 'BJP’s attempts to make false political capital out of Supreme Court judgement must be condemned. Original petitioners before the court were Bombay Advocates Association. Intervenor was Centre for Public Interest Litigation. Hostility of the third petitioner to the Congress party and proximity to the ruling BJP is well known in public domain.
Congress party was not a petitioner before the Supreme Court. Congress including 14 other political parties raised the issue before the President of India and in people’s court. For a vile BJP to misinterpret SC’s judgement to attack the Congress party reflects their jitteriness and frustration. We reject and condemn the malicious attempts of BJP to misinterpret Supreme Court judgment for finger-pointing. ' UNI
Earlier on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that Judge Loya's death was due to a natural cause, and went on to dismiss petitions seeking a probe.
However, Mr Surjewala contended that overwhelming material shows that the death was not a natural one.
'Can statements of some judges made in an administrative enquiry before a police officer be the sole yardstick for arriving a conclusion, more so when there is suspicion being raised by available forensic evidence, opinion of experts, documents, discrepancies and statements of various witnesses given to different organisations pointing towards a possible conspiracy? In law, according to us, statements made even by a judge before a police officer have no evidentiary value. Can such statements then be the sole criteria for not conducting any investigation?
Overwhelming material available in public domain needs to be investigated and examined for its truthfulness before arriving at a conclusion. This could only be done in an investigation and not in a Public Interest Litigation,' Mr Surjewala said.
Mr Surjewala said that Judge Loya's sister gave an interview, alleging that he was offered a bribe of Rs 100 crore along with a flat in Mumbai if he were to deliver a verdict in favour of the accused.
'The ECG and histopathology report showed no evidence of a heart attack whatsoever. AIIMS doctor RK Sharma clearly stated that there was no sign of a heart attack and there was evidence that Loya was hit on head by a blunt weapon," Mr Surjewala said.
Loya, who allegedly died of cardiac arrest on December 1, 2014, had reportedly shared a hotel room with two judges when he was attending the wedding of a colleague's daughter in Nagpur.
"Loya's family had publicly stated that clothes had blood stains, especially near his neck. There are discrepancies even in recording Loya's name correctly in the post-mortem report," Mr Surjewala
said.
Refuting the BJP's allegations that the Congress party was behind the petitions filed in the matter in the Supreme Court, Mr Surjewala said, 'BJP’s attempts to make false political capital out of Supreme Court judgement must be condemned. Original petitioners before the court were Bombay Advocates Association. Intervenor was Centre for Public Interest Litigation. Hostility of the third petitioner to the Congress party and proximity to the ruling BJP is well known in public domain.
Congress party was not a petitioner before the Supreme Court. Congress including 14 other political parties raised the issue before the President of India and in people’s court. For a vile BJP to misinterpret SC’s judgement to attack the Congress party reflects their jitteriness and frustration. We reject and condemn the malicious attempts of BJP to misinterpret Supreme Court judgment for finger-pointing. ' UNI
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