Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 287 · Decided 28 March 2018
DR. Pankaj Kumudchandra Phadnis v. Union of India Ministry of Law and Justice
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 287 · [2018] 6 S.C.R. 662
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 8293/2018
- Decided
- 28 March 2018
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, L. NAGESWARA RAO (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Mahatma Gandhi Assassination case - Prayer of writ petitioner to reopen the case - Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated about 70 years ago - Trial Court had convicted 7 accused persons for offence of murder and conspiracy and High Court had upheld the conviction of 5 accused persons and acquitted two accused persons - After about 70 years, writ petition before High Court on the basis of a new research - High Court declined to entertain the writ petition and to go into two questions raised i.e. whether the
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