New Delhi, May 21: The Delhi High Court on Thursday decided to frame the issues to be adjudicated by it in the paternity suit filed against N. D. Tiwari by a man claiming to be his son in July.
It has fixed July 30 for framing the issues and asked all parties involved in the case to file responses within four weeks.
“ We have been given four weeks’ time to file responses on the reply filed by Tiwari in the court recently,” Ujjwala Sharma, mother of Rohit Shekhar, said. Ten days ago, the Supreme Court had refused to stay the proceedings against the 84- year- old Congress leader.
In a reply on May 5, Tiwari had claimed that Shekhar was not his son and by seeking a declaration he wanted to be called his illegitimate son.
Earlier, Tiwari had also refused to undergo a DNA test on Shekhar’s plea and denied ever having any physical relationship with his mother.
Shekhar said he had filed a photograph of his taken when he was younger in which the resemblance between him and Tiwari was evident.
—-Agencies