As if the case around judge BH Loya’s death wasn’t exciting and troubling enough, the Caravan’s Nikita Saxena has spoken to more than a dozen staff at the hospital where his post-mortem was carried out, and the picture that’s getting painted continues to cast serious doubt about whether Loya died of natural causes, suggesting that a head injury was deliberately covered up by a doctor with medical connections.

Senior advocate Arvind Nigam won temporary relief for Dushyant Dave who was to face disciplinary proceedings before the Gujarat bar council (SBC) for his alleged remarks before the Supreme Court in the judge BH Loya death case, reported PTI and others.

The Bombay Lawyers Association, represented by Dushyant Dave before the Supreme Court in the hearing into the death of Judge BH Loya, has filed the following written statement today.

Senior advocate Indira Jaising has requested the Supreme Court to amend its order to reflect that she did not agree to the transfer of Bombay high court petitions to the apex court, since she was not appearing on behalf of the Bombay high court petitioners but “reminded the court” that she would be intervening on behalf of Admiral Ramdas.

Judge BH Loya’s mysterious death was finally heard today for nearly an hour by the Supreme Court, under the shadow of the 12 January press conference of the Famous Four Judges, as well as Justice Arun Mishra’s equally mysterious recusal from hearing the case, after passing an order on 16 January.

The petitioners’ alleged affiliations don’t bode well for the apex court inquiry into BH Loya’s death, which would affect other lower court petitions into the matter. The Caravan reported: The Backgrounds of the Loya Petitioners in the Supreme Court Raise Questions About the Legitimacy of Their Peti...

The reasassignment to a CJI-headed bench follows the recusal of the junior bench that had been assigned by Misra to look into the allegations of foulplay in Justice BH Loya’s death, which had led to the four-most senior apex court judges, other than the CJI, to hold a press conference about Misra’s ...