<p>The Supreme Court on Friday termed as serious the issue of "mysterious" death of special CBI judge B H Loya and asked the Maharashtra government to produce all records before it.</p>.<p>Judge Loya, 48, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, had died on December 1, 2014, in Nagpur where he had gone to attend a wedding. A series of news reports recently tried to raise questions over his death. BJP president Amit Shah and senior police officers, who were accused in the case, were subsequently discharged.</p>.<p>Acting on two petitions seeking an independent probe into the events and circumstances surrounding Loya's death, a bench of Justices Arum Mishra and Mohan M Shantanagoudar asked the Maharashtra government's counsel to bring all records for consideration on Monday.</p>.<p>The court rejected a plea by senior advocates Dushyant Dave and Indira Jaising not to consider these two petitions. The counsel contended that they were representing Bombay Lawyers Association which had already filed a similar petition before the Bombay High Court and that is coming up for hearing on January 23.</p>.<p>"We will not go by what the high court is doing. We will hear the matter. This is a serious matter," the bench said.</p>.<p>As advocate Varinder Kumar Sharma initiated arguments briefly on behalf of the petitioner, Congress sympathiser and relative of Robert Vadra, Tehseen Poonawalla, the court said, "This matter requires bi-party hearing rather than exparte." It put the matter for hearing on January 15. Advocate Anita Shenoy appeared for petitioner Maharashtra-based journalist Banduraj Sambhaji Lone.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Friday termed as serious the issue of "mysterious" death of special CBI judge B H Loya and asked the Maharashtra government to produce all records before it.</p>.<p>Judge Loya, 48, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, had died on December 1, 2014, in Nagpur where he had gone to attend a wedding. A series of news reports recently tried to raise questions over his death. BJP president Amit Shah and senior police officers, who were accused in the case, were subsequently discharged.</p>.<p>Acting on two petitions seeking an independent probe into the events and circumstances surrounding Loya's death, a bench of Justices Arum Mishra and Mohan M Shantanagoudar asked the Maharashtra government's counsel to bring all records for consideration on Monday.</p>.<p>The court rejected a plea by senior advocates Dushyant Dave and Indira Jaising not to consider these two petitions. The counsel contended that they were representing Bombay Lawyers Association which had already filed a similar petition before the Bombay High Court and that is coming up for hearing on January 23.</p>.<p>"We will not go by what the high court is doing. We will hear the matter. This is a serious matter," the bench said.</p>.<p>As advocate Varinder Kumar Sharma initiated arguments briefly on behalf of the petitioner, Congress sympathiser and relative of Robert Vadra, Tehseen Poonawalla, the court said, "This matter requires bi-party hearing rather than exparte." It put the matter for hearing on January 15. Advocate Anita Shenoy appeared for petitioner Maharashtra-based journalist Banduraj Sambhaji Lone.</p>
