New Delhi, Jul 27 (PTI): Veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari is the biological father of Delhi-based youth Rohit Shekhar, the Delhi High Court said on Friday while declaring the result of the DNA test of the octogenarian.

Justice Reva Khetrapal declared the result of the DNA test in the open court. According to the report, done at a government laboratory in Hyderabad, Tiwari,87, is the biological father of Rohit Shekhar, and Ujjwala Sharma is the biological mother.

Before declaring the result, the report of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics (CDFD) was unsealed in the chamber of the judge in the presence of advocates for Shekhar, 32, and his mother Ujjwala.

Though the judge waited for Tiwari's lawyer, none appeared on his behalf.

The judge noted that “None has appeared on behalf of Defendant No 1 (Tiwari) though it is nearly 4 pm, nor any request has been made for an adjournment on behalf of defendant No 1.

”Accordingly let the sealed cover, received from CDFD Hyderabad be opened and the report be placed on the file, which would be available to the parties only”.

The counsel for Shekhar and his mother had informed the judge that a division bench of the high court had, earlier on Friday, rejected Tiwari's plea not to open the DNA report before the single judge bench adjudicating the paternity suit.

The division bench had allowed Justice Reva Khetrapal to go ahead with his decision to open Tiwari's DNA report and to declare the DNA test result in open court.

Dismissing Tiwari's appeal against Justice Khetrapal's July 19 decision, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said, “Not opening the DNA report may lead to a lengthy process”.