Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, today moved the Supreme Court opposing a plea seeking reopening of the 70-year-old assassination case of the Mahatma.
A bench of Justices S A Bobde and M M Shantanagoudar questioned the locus of Tushar Gandhi in the case. Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for Gandhi, said she will explain the locus if the court moves ahead with issuing of notice.
Ms. Jaising also questioned the locus of the petitioner, Mumbai-based Pankaj Phadnis, a researcher and a trustee of Abhinav Bharat. Phadnis has sought reopening of the probe on several grounds, claiming it was one of the biggest cover-ups in the history.
The bench said there were several ifs and buts in the case and will like to wait for the amicus curiae (friend of the court) Amrender Sharan’s report. Sharan sought four weeks time to file the report, saying he was yet to receive relevant documents from the National Archives.
The bench listed the matter after four weeks. Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead in New Delhi on January 30, 1948 by Godse, a right-wing advocate of Hindu nationalism.