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Supreme Court reserves order on plea seeking re-look in Mahatma Gandhi's death

The top court clarified that it would rely on legal submissions made while deliberating on the need for re-investigation in the 70-year-old assassination that shook the newly independent nation

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The Supreme Court decreed that it would not be ruled by "sentiments" while reserving an order on a plea that sought the reopening of an investigation in the death of Mahatma Gandhi.

The top court clarified that it would rely on legal submissions made while deliberating on the need for re-investigation in the 70-year-old assassination that shook the newly independent nation.

Dr Pankaj Phadnis, a Mumbai-based petitioner, had filed a plea in the top court suggesting that the Mahatma's death was one of the biggest cover-ups of Indian history. In his plea, Phadnis questioned the three-bullet theory the courts had relied on to convict Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte, who had assassinated Gandhi. Phadnis further contended that there was a need to examine on the probability of a fourth bullet, which was possibly fired by someone other than Godse.

"You said people have the right to know about what happened. But it appears that people already know about it. You are creating suspicion in the minds of the people. The fact is that the people who committed assassination have been identified and hanged," the bench comprising Justices SA Bobde and L Nageswara Rao.

Indicating the mood, the bench added: "It (the incident) is too late in the day. We are not going to reopen or correct it. Don't get sentimental about the matter. These are not matters to show emotions. We will go by the legal submissions and not emotions. We have heard you and will pass order."

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