Degree issue: Supreme Court rejects Zeliang’s petition

The Supreme Court of India has rejected the petition of Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang who sought it to quash the High Court order discontinuing proceedings of the educational qualification case against him. The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the High Court and did not entertain his petition, a source informed in an email to the media on Friday. 

An email from a source said that TR Zeliang approached the Supreme Court to quash the High Court order to discontinue proceedings of the complaint case against him that was transferred to Peren district.

“His actions were as expected and it was closely monitored because his intentions to delay the case instead of coming clean on his educational qualifications were already noted,” the email stated.

A copy of the court’s order was also attached.

The order showed that the petition was called on June 15 and sat by Justice Adarsh Kumar Geol and Justice Nageswara Rao.

The order stated:

“Upon hearing the counsel the Court made the following order:  Since by the impugned order, the matter has been left to be decided by the Trial Court, we do not consider it necessary to go into the merits and entertain this petition.

However, we dispose of this petition with a direction that the Trial Court must, in the first instance, determine the question of limitation and for that purpose the petitioner need not appear in person and can appear through his counsel. It will be open to the petitioner to raise all contentions, as may be available in law.”

If the petitioner is aggrieved by the order which may be passed by the Trial Court, the petitioner is at liberty to take his remedies in accordance with law. The special leave petitions are disposed of.”

(Al Ngullie, June 17, 2016; Eastern Mirror)

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