Delhi HC declares Rohit Shekhar as natural son of ND Tiwari Tuesday April 22,2014

After a six-year legal battle, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday April 22,2014 declared veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari as the biological father of Rohit Shekhar.(Rohit Shekhar, in 2008, had filed the paternity suit, claiming the veteran Congress leader and 67-year-old Ujjwala Sharma were his biological parents)

Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also injuncted Tiwari from denying in public that Shekhar is not his natural born son. After hearing the verdict, Shekhar's mother broke into tears while he appeared calm and composed.

The court passed the order after taking into account newspaper reports in which Tiwari had admitted that Shekhar is his natural born son. It also noted in its decree that since Tiwari's counsel did not appear on Monday and today despite being informed about the proceedings, it appeared that the Congress leader did not want to fight the suit filed against him by Shekhar

Advocates Vedant Varma and Vibhor Kush, appearing for the 32-year-old Shekhar had cited a legal provision before the court, saying the law empowers a court to pass a decree on the ground of the admissions made by a defendant.


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The court had on July 27, 2012 read out that the DNA report in the case according to which Tiwari was shown as Rohit's biological father.

N D Tiwari had given blood sample for the DNA test on May 29 last year at his residence in Dehradun following the apex court's order in the case, after repeatedly contesting against undergoing the test on various grounds.