On April 19, 2018, the Supreme Court dismissed pleas seeking an independent probe into the death of special Central Bureau of Investigation judge B H Loya, ruling that the judge died of natural causes and the petitions were a 'serious attempt to scandalise and obstruct the course of justice'.


The pleas in the case were filed after an investigative report published by Caravan magazine, which claimed that Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya's family suspected foul play in his death.


Despite the setback, Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor, Caravan, remains unfazed. "These are the signs that we are living in a democratic society," Bal tells Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf. Read the interview here.