No Probe Into Judge Loya's Death: Supreme Court Rejects Review Petition
NEW DELHI: Judge BH Loya's death in 2014 while deciding on murder charges against BJP president Amit Shah will not be investigated. The Supreme Court today rejected a petition against its April verdict that held the judge died of natural causes.
The Bombay Lawyers' Association, which was one of the petitioners, had asked the top court to recall its verdict since it had "resulted in miscarriage of justice, if not complete negation of justice.
The special CBI judge was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, in which Amit Shah was an accused, when he died of a heart attack in Maharashtra's Nagpur, where he was attending a wedding. The judge who replaced him ruled there was not enough evidence against Amit Shah to merit a trial and discharged the BJP chief.
When judge Loya's family alleged last year that he had been under threat and there were suspicious circumstances about his death, it triggered a huge controversy and calls for an independent investigation.
In January, Judge Loya's son Anuj Loya said the family no longer had any suspicion about the death.
In its decision in April, a four-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra called the petitions for investigation "scandalous" and a "frontal attack on the judiciary". Four Mumbai judges who were with Judge Loya at the time of his death, and had asserted that he died of natural causes.
The court, without naming anyone, had also said that it took "strong exception" to the Insinuation that "one individual controls judiciary".
The case was also taken up by the opposition, which said there was a threat to democracy when lawyers and judges working on important cases were targeted. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also led a group of 15 opposition lawmakers that met President Ram Nath Kovind to ask for an independent investigation.
courtesy : ndtv.com
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Austrian police detain suspect in case of rat poison found in baby food jars on supermarket shelves
Vienna (AP): Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe.
HiPP, which recalled some of its baby food jars in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic after the case came to light last month, said in a statement Saturday it was “greatly relieved” by the arrest, and would provide further updates as verified details come in.
The Burgenland State Criminal Police Office, under the direction of prosecutors, said a probe was launched after poison turned up in a baby food jar purchased at a supermarket in the city of Eisenstadt on April 18.
It said the suspect was being questioned, and that no further details would be immediately provided. The Burgenland public prosecutor's office has announced an investigation into suspected “intentional endangerment of the public.”
The Austrian Press Agency reported that an expert report on the toxicity of the poison was pending. A total of five tampered baby food jars were seized before they could be consumed, APA reported.
Authorities said previously they believe the tampering occurred in 190-gram (6.7-ounce) jars of baby food made with carrots and potatoes for 5-month-olds that were sold from SPAR supermarkets in Austria.
HiPP responded by recalling all of its baby food jars sold at SPAR supermarkets — which include SPAR, EUROSPAR, INTERSPAR and Maximarkt stores — in Austria as a precaution. Vendors in Slovakia and the Czech Republic also removed all of the brand's baby jars from sale.
The company said the recall was not due to any product or quality defect on its part, and said the jars left its facility in “perfect condition.”
Police said a customer at the time of the discovery had reported that a jar appeared to have been tampered with, but no one had consumed the baby food.
