Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1384 · Decided 26 November 1996
Tushar Arun Gandhi v. State of Orissa and Other
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1384 · [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 173
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 340/1996
- Decided
- 26 November 1996
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
ARUN GANDHI v. STATE OF ORISSA AND OTHER NOVEMBER 26, 1996 [AM. AHMADI CJ. AND SUJATA V. MANOHAR, J.] Constitution of India I950, Article 32-Asthis (ashes) of Mahatma Gandhi kept in Bank locker-Grandson's efforts to peifom1 last rites-Efforts failed as State Government did not respond Petitioner, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, came to know from A B c the press reports that Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were lying in a locker at D State Bank of India which was deposited on behalf of the respon­ dent-State Government. The petitioner requested the Government of Orissa and State
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