Tiwari challenges court order on DNA test
By IANSMonday, January 24, 2011
NEW DELHI - Congress leader N.D. Tiwari Monday approached the Delhi High Court challenging its order directing him to undergo DNA test on a suit filed by a young man who claimed to be his biological son.
Challenging the single bench’s order, Tiwari filed an appeal before a division bench that he cannot be directed to undergo DNA test.
Tiwari, who had held the posts of chief minister of undivided Uttar Pradesh and later Uttarakhand, opposed the paternity suit filed by 31-year-old Rohit Shekhar, who claimed to be the biological son born out of an alleged relationship between his mother Ujjwala Sharma and the Congress leader.
Tiwari, who last year resigned as governor in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct, countered the charges and said that he never had any physical relationship with Ujjwala, who is also a Congress activist, and Rohit was not entitled to seek a DNA test as a matter of right.
