October 18, 2016 7:33 PM

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Delhi court rejects plea to summon Smriti Irani in fake degree case

A Delhi court today dismissed the complaint against central minister Smriti Irani for allegedly giving false information on her educational qualification to the Election Commission, saying it was filed to needlessly harass her. <br/><br/>Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh cited a delay of around 11 years in filing the complaint while rejecting the plea to summon her as an accused.<br/><br/>The complaint had alleged that Ms Irani had deliberately given discrepant information about her educational qualifications in affidavits filed before the Election Commission in 2004, 2011 and 2014 and not given any clarification, despite concerns raised on the issue.<br/><br/>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.

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