Following are the statements and allegations made by the Congress leaders.

Judge Loya, who was serving as the Registrar of the Bombay High Court under the then Chief Justice Mohit Shah, was transferred to the CBI court to deal with the discharge petition after his predecessor was unceremoniously transferred to Pune.

In the second week of October, 2014 Judge Loya approached Advocate Satish Uike through Advocate Shrikant Khandalkar and a retired District judge Prakash Thombre.

In a video call with Advocates Uike, Khandalkar and Thombre, judge Loya allegedly named not only the Chief Justice Mohit Shah but also Justice BR Gavai, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Subhanshu Joshi in Nagpur, who were pressurising him to deliver a favourable order.

Judge Loya claimed that he had been handed over a draft order which he was asked to deliver in the case. A copy of the draft was sent to retired district judge Thombre.

Barely three weeks before Judge Loya’s mysterious death, Thombre and Uike travelled to New Delhi to consult senior lawyers. But the lawyers felt there was insufficient evidence to approach the court. Uike and Thombre thereafter returned to Nagpur on November 9.