Paternity case: N D Tiwari gets relief

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) In a big relief to Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D.
Tiwari, the Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed the plea of Rohit Shekhar
who was claiming to be the veteran political leader's son.
Tiwari has been a central minister as well as chief minister of Uttar
Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Justice S.N. Dhingra dismissed the plea of Rohit Shekhar, son of former
Congress party activist Ujjwala Sharma, saying that Shekhar's petition
is "unmaintainable".
The court had reserved its order on the paternity case against Tiwari,
who has been in the thick of controversy following Shekhar's suit
seeking declaration from the court that he is the biological son of the
former Congress leader.
Ujjwala Sharma had claimed that her son Rohit Shekhar is the veteran
politician's natural son. She had told the court in a written statement
that Tiwari drew her into an extra-marital relationship.
"Believing the repeated requests and being convinced of the love and
affection shown by Tiwari, hailing from a respectable and prestigious
family, I submitted to emotional pressure and that culminated in the
birth of Rohit Shekhar," Sharma had said.
Sharma filed her response after Tiwari refuted Shekhar's claims and
contended before the court that the petition was scandalous and filed
only to defame him.
Sharma, legally separated from her husband, alleged in her plea that
Tiwari started losing interest in Rohit Shekhar after becoming an MP and
started threatening her.
After the death of his wife in 1993, Tiwari had once again assured her
that he would acknowledge Rohit publicly as his son by way of adoption
but "when reminded in 1995 he refused to talk to me", Sharma said.
--Indo-Asian News Service