more-inA day before the 69th Republic Day, the Madras High Court has apologised to Mr. Gandhi. The court apologised to Mr. V. Gandhi, an 89-year-old freedom fighter, for the bureaucratic delay in granting him a pension though he had made a request in 1980. Also Read Madras HC apologises to Mr. GandhiIn a Personal Knowledge Certificate issued on April 15, 1994, Ms. Sahgal had said Mr. Gandhi was “a genuine Indian National Army freedom fighter who joined the Indian Independence League (IIL) in 1943 at Rangoon, Burma. It was only when The Hindu visited his residence following the orders that Mr. Gandhi — living with his extended family in penurious conditions in Vyasarpadi — heard of court’s decision. The doughty petitioner was overwhelmed to hear that his struggle for a pension had finally come to an end.

Source: The Hindu January 25, 2018 16:41 UTC