{"id":9488,"date":"2011-03-18T23:26:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T17:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=9488"},"modified":"2011-03-18T23:26:22","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T17:56:22","slug":"apex-court-rejects-n-d-tiwaris-plea-challenging-blood-sampling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/apex-court-rejects-n-d-tiwaris-plea-challenging-blood-sampling","title":{"rendered":"Apex court rejects N.D. 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Tiwari&#8217;s appeal challenging a Delhi High Court order directing him to submit his blood samples for DNA profiling to decide a paternity suit filed by Rohit Shekhar, who claims to be his biological son.<\/p>\n<p>An apex court bench of Justice Aftam Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha, however, issued notice on the question of law. The court said that the issue involves wider ramifications.<\/p>\n<p>The court said &#8216;not acceptable&#8217; to the five proposals submitted by Tiwari as alternate to the DNA profiling through blood samples. The court said: &#8216;What we have said in the earlier hearing stands.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had March 14 said the 85-year-old leader will have to undergo a DNA test but gave him the option of suggesting an alternative to collection of blood sample for the test<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Friday rejected veteran Congress leader N.D. 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