▁P rak ash ▁Thom bre . ▁Kap il ▁Sib al ▁of ▁the ▁Congress ▁claimed ▁that ▁K hand alk ar ▁was ▁thrown ▁of ▁a ▁roof ▁building ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁while ▁Thom bre ▁died ▁“ s us p ici ously ▁while ▁travel ing ▁in ▁train ▁from ▁Nag pur ▁to ▁Bang al ore ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁in ▁Hy der abad ” ▁ ▁The ▁Congress ▁asked ▁for ▁an ▁investigation ▁by ▁an ▁independent ▁S IT ▁monitor ed ▁by ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁India , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁even ▁the ▁post ▁mort em ▁report ▁was ▁manip ulated . ▁ ▁Press ▁Conference ▁by ▁the ▁ 4 ▁senior - most ▁jud ges ▁of ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 2 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Just ices ▁J ast i ▁Ch el ames war , ▁Ran jan ▁G og oi , ▁Mad an ▁B . ▁Lok ur ▁and ▁Kur ian ▁Joseph , ▁the ▁second - ▁to ▁fifth - most ▁senior ▁jud ges ▁of ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court , ▁held ▁a ▁press ▁conference , ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁war ned ▁that ▁the ▁integrity ▁of ▁the ▁court ▁was ▁under ▁threat , ▁and ▁accused ▁D ip ak ▁Mis ra ▁of ▁alloc ating ▁cases ▁select ively , ▁based ▁on ▁personal ▁preference . ▁This ▁was ▁because ▁polit ically ▁sensitive ▁cases ▁have ▁tradition ally ▁been ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁most ▁senior ▁jud ges . ▁Despite ▁this , ▁D ip ak ▁Mis ra , ▁Chief ▁Justice ▁of ▁India , ▁assigned ▁the ▁Lo ya ▁case