"Indians are deeply intelligent. Most Indians, including those in the BJP, instinctively understand the truth about Mr Amit Shah. The truth has its own way of catching up with people like him," he said. His party meanwhile rejected the "natural death" theory of judge Loya and said it was a "sad letter day" in India's history and reiterated its demand for a "fair" investigation.

In the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, BJP President Amit Shah, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria, Rajasthan-based businessman Vimal Patni, former Gujarat police chief P C Pande, Additional Director General of Police Geeta Johri and Gujarat police officers Abhay Chudasama and N K Amin, have already been discharged.

1) SC rejects claim that judge Loya's ECG not done at Dande hospital: The Supreme Court rejected the claim of activist- lawyer Prashant Bhushan that no electrocardiogram (ECG) of judge B H Loya was conducted at Nagpur's Dande hospital, where he was initially taken for treatment after he complained of chest pain. The Supreme Court rejected the claim of activist- lawyer Prashant Bhushan that no electrocardiogram (ECG) of judge B H Loya was conducted at Nagpur's Dande hospital, where he was initially taken for treatment after he complained of chest pain.

The apex court said that the mention of an ECG in the progress notes of the doctor at Meditrina hospital, where he was taken later, indicated that the procedure was carried out at Dande hospital.

2) SC ruling defeated Congress plan to end Shah's career: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said the Supreme Court's ruling on deceased special CBI court judge B H Loya has "defeated" the Congress' conspiracy to "finish" the political career of BJP chief Amit Shah.

He said the Congress had earlier attempted to target Shah in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case.

"This was the second attempt of the Congress to end Shah's political career. When the Congress and Rahul Gandhi failed to win hearts of the people, they decided to rake up an unfortunate death (of judge Loya). They filed a PIL in Supreme Court, their MPs met President and Rahul made allegations to defame the BJP chief in a press conference (regarding Loya's death)," Rupani told reporters in Gandhinagar.

3) Supreme Court website reportedly hacked, down minutes after Loya verdict: "Site under maintenance," read the message on the landing page of supremecourtofindia.nic.in. "Site under maintenance," read the message on the landing page of supremecourtofindia.nic.in.

"This site can't be reached," said another message on the page of the website maintained by the government-run National Informatics Centre (NIC) that creates e-governance applications. Earlier, the site flashed an error message "Err_Socket_Not_Connected" which means that the site was facing a Domain Name System error.

However, images of the website circulated on social media, apparently captured soon after the top court rejected pleas for an independent probe into the death of Judge B.H. Loya, showed that it may have been attacked by a Brazilian hack team. Indians are deeply intelligent. Most Indians, including those in the BJP, instinctively understand the truth about Mr Amit Shah. The truth has its own way of catching up with people like him. — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 19, 2018

4) SC ruling in Justice Loya case 'exposed' Congress, says Yogi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lauded the decision of the Supreme Court and also accused the Congress party of attempting to create a negative environment against the ruling government. "The verdict in Judge Loya case has exposed the Congress Party once again. Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the people of the country," Adityanath said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lauded the decision of the Supreme Court and also accused the Congress party of attempting to create a negative environment against the ruling government. "The verdict in Judge Loya case has exposed the Congress Party once again. Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the people of the country," Adityanath said. ALSO READ: SC ruling in Justice Loya case 'exposed' Congress: Yogi

5) Sad letter day in India's history, says Congress on SC verdict: The Congress on Thursday raised questions over the Supreme Court verdict rejecting a batch of pleas seeking a probe into the alleged mysterious death of judge B H Loya.

Attacking the BJP for accusing Congress president Rahul Gandhi's as being the invisible hand behind the petitions seeking the probe, party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala termed the allegations as a malicious attempt which showed the ruling party's jitteriness.

It is a sad letter day in India's history. The suspicious circumstances in which Loya died, was a matter of deep concern for those who have faith in the judiciary. The copy of the entire judgment is not yet available. But there are still questions before those who believe in the judiciary, Surjewala said. INC COMMUNIQUE Statement issued by AICC Communications In-charge @rssurjewala on Judge Loya's death. pic.twitter.com/FULEdnTU9Q — INC Sandesh (@INCSandesh) April 19, 2018

6) Rahul behind petitions, says BJP: The ruling BJP came down heavily on the Opposition after the Supreme Court dismissed the Loya death case petition. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said the petitions were filed with a political agenda. The ruling BJP came down heavily on the Opposition after the Supreme Court dismissed the Loya death case petition. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said the petitions were filed with a political agenda.

"For some time, a few people were trying to politicise the judiciary. The court has slammed the petitioners who were demanding an SIT probe into the death of judge Loya," he said.

Accusing the Congress of being the "invisible political power or a political platform" behind the petition, Patra said it was an attempt to settle political rivalry.