 When Shah failed to attend a hearing on 31 October, even though he was in the same city, Loya ordered Shah's lawyers to ensure that he would be present at hearings when he was in the state, and set the date of the next hearing to 15 December, when the verdict would be given.Loya travelled to Nagpur to attend a wedding of a colleague's daughter on 30 November 2014.He stayed at Ravi Bhavan, a state government guest house in Nagpur.