NEW DELHI: The trial of Nathuram Vinayak Godse, V.D. Savarkar and seven others arising out of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi began in Red Fort at 10 a.m. today [May 27] before Mr Atma Charan, the Special Judge. After two hours discussion of the preliminaries regarding procedure, the judge adjourned the case to June 14, when charges will be framed against the accused and the hearing will proceed from day to day.

... Stringent security measures had been taken by the authorities and all approaches to the Red Fort were guarded. A contingent of Bombay Police was also on duty. Besides, the court premises were cordoned off by barbed wire and armed guards. Typewriters and cameras were scrutinised and every person entering the court was carefully checked. There were no visitors present today. Over a hundred Pressmen and a battery of cameramen and Press photographers were permitted inside.

...A few minutes before 10 the accused were brought in. The first to take his seat in the dock was Nathuram Vinayak Godse, the alleged assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. He is a sparselybuilt man, thin, wearing a half-sleeved shirt.