{"id":51205,"date":"2018-01-13T18:25:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T12:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51205"},"modified":"2018-01-13T18:25:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T12:55:07","slug":"pressurised-withdraw-loya-plea-sc-congress-leader-tehseen-poonawalla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pressurised-withdraw-loya-plea-sc-congress-leader-tehseen-poonawalla","title":{"rendered":"I was pressurised to withdraw Loya plea in SC : Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/tehseen_poona.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"51211\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pressurised-withdraw-loya-plea-sc-congress-leader-tehseen-poonawalla\/tehseen_poona\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/tehseen_poona.jpg?fit=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"630,420\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tehseen_poona\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/tehseen_poona.jpg?fit=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-51211\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/tehseen_poona.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/tehseen_poona.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/tehseen_poona.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/tehseen_poona.jpg?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A Congress leader, who filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking an independent probe into the alleged mysterious death of Special CBI judge B H Loya, today alleged he was pressurised by a senior advocate to withdraw his petition.<\/p>\n<p>Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla, who had filed the petition, said just before his plea was to be heard this morning in the court of Justices Arun Mishra and M M Shantanagoudar, the senior advocate had pressurised him to withdraw the petition.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, refused to divulge the name of the senior lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have full faith in the judiciary. I have nothing to do with the politics surrounding the case. I was called names but I refused to back off. I requested my advocate on record to argue the matter despite the pressure,&#8221; Poonawalla said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had told the senior advocate that he will not withdraw the petition as &#8220;I have full belief in the institution.<\/p>\n<p>Source : PTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Congress leader, who filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking an independent probe into the alleged mysterious death of Special CBI judge B H Loya, today alleged he was pressurised by a senior advocate to withdraw his petition. 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