This refers to the editorial, “Grammar of justice” (April 21). The BH loya case was an open-and-shut case from the moment it was raised for political dividends in November 2017, well after three years of the district judge passing away in Nagpur while attending a marriage function. The appeal requesting order for a probe was a classic illustration of how fabricated documents and cursory hearsay could be cobbled into a fiction to arraign against hard facts to adversely mould public opinion. Every possibility was made to make loya's natural death look fishy. A preposterous attempt to malign senior Supreme Court judges with unimpeachable integrity was done with impunity much to the dismay of legal experts. Some lawyers with background of self-styled activism and intense confrontation came out with flimsy reasons to caste aspersions on the top court judges. Recusal of Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud was demanded.
The reason: They might have known the four district judges whose testimony unflinchingly proved Judge loya expired due to natural cause during their Bombay High Court days. If such brazen demands are met with then it may be impossible for any apex court judge to sit on adjudication on appeals from the High Court because the High Court judge could have been the former's colleague at a point in time. Medical reports and deceased family members' statements were twisted to suit the allegations by the appellants to demean the judiciary and the Government. The top court rightly said that it has to continue with its judicial functions even if it is not palatable to some. That ‘top lawyers’ and ‘old parties’ are describing the court verdict as a “dark day in judiciary and India's history” means there is more trouble beckoning the country from these activists and parties.