Congress leader N D Tiwari moved the Delhi High Court today against its single judge's order to open his DNA report tomorrow to decide the paternity suit of a youth claiming to be his biological son. In his appeal, 87-year-old Tiwari has pleaded with the court to protect his right to reputation. He contended that

the single-judge bench has adopted a shortcut to decide the suit and it would cause grave injustice to him. Citing the Supreme Court's May 24 order, Tiwari said that the single judge failed to appreciate that in a civil dispute, where the undisputed position of the parties is that no criminality is involved, the appellant's right to reputation has to be protected. He further said that Rohit Shekhar, the petitioner in paternity suit and his mother are leaving no stone unturned
to get the report unsealed and make it public to attract undue media attraction without completion of the trial. A former Andhra Pradesh Governor, Tiwari earlier had filed an application before the single judge for keeping the DNA report confidential and holding in-camera proceedings in the case. He said that the Supreme Court had given such a direction on May 24.