Publicity stunt: Karnataka HC dismisses PIL on Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, "missing volume" of his book
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The Karnataka High Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) petition questioning why the government of India took 17 years to set up a judicial commission of inquiry to look into the conspiracy behind the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice KS Hemalekha termed the petition a publicity stunt and dismissed it with costs. The Court also noted that the same petitioner had earlier also filed a similar petition seekin