Court quashes plea to summon Smriti over ‘fake’ degree

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed a complaint against textile minister Smriti Irani that she allegedly gave false information on her educational qualification

Published on: Oct 19, 2016, 07:31:08 IST

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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed a complaint against textile minister Smriti Irani that she allegedly gave false information on her educational qualification to the Election Commission.

The court dismissed the case on the ground that there was an 11-year delay in filing the complaint and the lack of original documents available with Delhi University.

The court also observed that the complaint was filed to harass Irani because she is a central minister.

The court, while declining the prayer, said the original evidence was already lost due to passage of several years and the court needed to be “relieved of the burden of adjudicating such inconsequential claim or case”.

“So, where the original evidence has already been lost due to passage of number of years, the secondary evidence available will probably be not able to withstand the test of judicial scrutiny, there is great great delay of around 11 years in filing of the complaint,” the court said.

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