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Delhi court declines summoning Smriti Irani in 'fake' degree case
October 18, 2016
Just in: Delhi court dismisses plea to summon Union Minister Smriti Irani in degree case.
The Patiala House court was to pronounce its order in the 'fake' degree
case of former Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani today
after the Election Commission submitted the required documents.
Section
125A of RPA deals with penalty for filing a false affidavit and
entails a jail term of up to six months or a fine or both. The
Election Commission filed the documents in a sealed cover relating to
Irani's educational qualification submitted by her for contesting the
2004 general elections.
Irani had given information about her
educational qualifications in affidavits to the Election Commission to
contest various elections. In June last year, a case was filed by
freelance writer Ahmer Khan, who accused Irani of providing
contradictory affidavits about her educational qualifications during
different elections.
Following the court's direction, the Delhi
University had also submitted that the documents pertaining to Irani's B
A course in 1996, mentioned by her in an affidavit filed during 2004
Lok Sabha elections, were yet to be found.
However, while filing
affidavit in her Rajya Sabha nomination papers from Gujarat in 2011, she
said her highest educational qualification was B.com, Part 1
(correspondence course) from Delhi University.
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