New Delhi:
The website of the Supreme Court today crashed minutes after the top court ruled that there will not be any independent probe into the death of Judge BH Loya, who died while hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, in which BJP president Amit Shah was an accused.
"Site under maintenance," said a message on the website of the Supreme Court, informing that the site was offline.
On social media, some users also shared an image claiming the website has been hacked. "Hackeado por HighTech Brazil HackTeam (hacked by HighTech Brazil team)", read the message on the screenshot of the Supreme Court website shared by many on Twitter and WhatsApp.
Around two hours later, the website still said "Site Under Maintenance".
Indian government websites have come under attack from suspected Pakistani hackers in the past as well. In January, suspected Pakistan-based operatives had hacked the website of National Security Guard (NSG) and posted anti-India content and comments against the Prime Minister.
Earlier this year, the government informed the Lok Sabha that over 700 websites linked to the central and state governments were hacked in the past four years.
Experts attributed the frequent hacking of Indian websites to lack of adequate security measures in the virtual world.
The Supreme Court website became inaccessible nearly 30 minutes after the top court dismissed the petitions on Judge Loya's death calling them "scandalous". 48-year-old judge Loya was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, in which Amit Shah was an accused, when he died of a heart attack in Maharashtra's Nagpur, where he was attending a wedding. The judge who replaced judge Loya ruled there was not enough evidence against Amit Shah to merit a trial and discharged the BJP chief.