Supreme Court of India

Dr. Pankaj Kumudchandra Phadnis v. Union of India Ministry of Law and Justice

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Reported as [2018] 6 S.C.R. 662
Bench S. A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.
Decided 28 March 2018

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Mahatma Gandhi Assassination case – Prayer of writ petitioner to reopen the case – Mahatma Gandhi was assas sinated about 70 years ago – Trial Court had convicted 7 accused persons for offence of murder and conspiracy and acquitted one – High Court had upheld the conviction of 5 accused persons and acquitted two accused persons – After about 70 years, writ peti tion before High Court on the basis of a new research – High Court decl ined to entertain the writ petition and to go into two quest ions raised i.e. whether the four bullets were fired as alleged and whether the Kapur Commission

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