New Delhi, May 29: Veteran Congress leader and former Andhra Pradesh Governor ND Tiwari, who is embroiled in a paternity suit, will have to submit his blood sample for DNA profiling on Tuesday as per the orders of the Supreme Court.
The apex court had directed Tiwari last Thursday to submit his blood sample in a paternity suit filed by a young man, Rohit Shekhar, who claims to be his biological son.
The apex court bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice SJ Mukhopadhyay directed Tiwari to submit his blood sample on May 29 after he refused to follow a Delhi High Court order for giving his blood sample.
As per the instructions of the SC, a surgeon of the Dehradun Civil Hospital along with the district judge and a pathologist would visit Tiwari today to collect his blood sample.
Petitioner Rohit Shekhar and his mother will also be present at Tiwari's residence here when the sample will be taken. Security has been increased at Tiwari's residence here.
A joint registrar of the Delhi High Court will also be present.
The court also directed that the entire process would be carried out in strict confidentiality and the blood sample kept in sealed cover would be sent to designated lab for DNA profiling.
The Delhi High Court, in its April 27 order, had ordered Tiwari to undergo the DNA test in the paternity suit and had also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the veteran leader.
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