High Court Summons Governor – No Deviation for Tiwari
ND (No Deviation) Tiwari, the only person who had been Chief Minister of two States, had been a CM five times, had been a Union Finance Minister and is at present Governor of Andhra Pradesh – is now summoned by a judge of Delhi High Court to appear before her on December 16, in a paternity case. He was refused exemption from personal appearance. He is 85 years old. Hardly the time in life to get a son.
The Governor swears in the Chief Justice of the State and vice-versa, but apparently, he (Governor, not CJ) is not exempted from appearing before a judge.
Summoning high Dignitaries does not serve any purpose – most probably they will not attend and even if they do, they get all the publicity. President VV Giri had appeared before the Supreme Court, even though he could have asked for an exemption.