Brijgopal Harkishan Loya

Brijgopal Harkishan Loya
Born(1966-12-12)12 December 1966
Gategaon, Latur
Died1 December 2014(2014-12-01) (aged 47)
OccupationJudge
Special Judge to the Central Bureau of Investigation
In office
June 2014 – December 2014
Preceded byJ. T. Utpat
Succeeded byM. B. Gosavi

Brijgopal Harkishan Loya (12 December 1966 – 1 December 2014) was an Indian judge who served in a special court which deals with matters relating to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He was presiding over the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case, and died on 1 December 2014 in Nagpur. A bench of the Supreme Court of India, headed by the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, on April 19, 2018, dismissed the public interest petition (PIL), and stated the death to be natural and such petitions to be an attack on the Judiciary.