New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions seeking an independent probe into the death of former CBI Judge H.B. Loya, even as the Maharashtra government strongly opposed any such probe.

A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Kanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud said it will pass orders and directed the parties to file written submissions, if any, with regard to the case..

At the outset, senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Maharashtra, said the petitions are politically motivated as all their attention is towards one politician (BJP president Amit Shah). “Apart from politics, there is nothing amiss in the death of Loya,” he said.

“These petitions are filed for extraneous petitions with oblique motive. The unfortunate death of judge Loya is sought to be politicised,” Mr Rohatgi said.