He said that the apex court in the judge Loya case verdict had called it as a veiled attempt to attack on the judiciary and asked, "How is asking for an investigation an attack on the judiciary?"
Disagreeing with the Supreme Court verdict, the Congress had yesterday demanded a fair inquiry to address the "unanswered questions" regarding Loya's death.
Opposition leaders on Friday submitted a notice for the impeachment of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra to vice president Venkaiah Naidu.
In an exclusive interview with India TV, BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the Public Interest Litigation (PIL), which was dismissed by the Supreme Court today as frivolous, was filed to serve the interests of Congress.
Noting that the Congress had held press conferences and Gandhi had led a delegation of opposition parties to the President for seeking a probe, Patra said he should “apologise” and be “ashamed” for his conspiracy to target Amit Shah, and Indian judiciary and democracy.
The top court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Deepak Misra called the petition ‘frivolous’ and said that it was an attempt to malign the judiciary.
Coming down heavily on the petitioners, the apex court ruled that the judge died of natural causes, adding the petitions were a serious attempts to scandalise and obstruct the course of justice.
"Dispassionate analysis of Loya judgement must await its full reasoning. But unless logical reasons found in it, it will raise more questions and leave many unanswered," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi tweeted.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud had on March 16 reserved the judgement on the pleas.
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