The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 56] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1965/CHAITRA 2, 1887
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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd March, 1965
S.O. 992.—Whereas the Central Government is of opinion that it is necessary to appoint a Commission of Inquiry for the purpose of making an inquiry into definite matters of public importance hereinafter specified;
Now, therefore. in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Com- missions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (Act No. 60 of 1952), the Central Government hereby appoints a Commission of Inquiry consisting of Shri Gopal Swarup Pathak, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India, and Member of Parliament, to inquire Into the following matters:—
(a) Whether any persons, in particular Dr. Gajanan Viswanath Ketkar, of Poona, had prior information of the conspiracy of Nathuram Vinayak Godse and others to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi;
2i 4 THE GAZETTE OF INP1A EXTRAORDINARY [PART U-SEC. 8(11)] 2. The Commission shall make its report to the Central Government not later than 15th June, 1965.3. And whereas the Central Government is of opinion that, having regard to the nature of the inquiry to be made and other circumstances of the case, all the provisions of sub-section (2), sub-section (3,), sub-section (4) and sub-section (5) of section 5 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (Act No. 60 of 1952) should be made applicable to the said Commission, the Central Government hereby directs that all the said provisions shall apply to the said Commission.
[No. 25/50/64-PoU.I.]
L. P. SINGH, Secy.