Morung Express News
Dimapur | June 28
Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Peren has reserved judgment on the case of the educational qualification of Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang.
The JMFC reserved judgment on Tuesday after the hearing from the counsels on the issue of limitation period at the Peren District Court. No specific date was mentioned as to when the judgment on the case would be delivered.
The case in question relates to filing of false declaration made by Zeliang in his affidavit while submitting nomination form to the Returning Officer during 2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly elections. The complainant is alleging that Zeliang, who holds the highest office of the State, has made a false claim and declaration on his educational qualification and therefore has misled the people.
It should be mentioned that the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court on April 25, 2016 had ruled for a hearing on limitation to be heard by the JMFC Peren.
The first of the hearing by JMFC Peren was listed on June 14. However, the hearing could not be held as Zeliang’s counsel asked the court for more time. The hearing was then scheduled for June 28, 2016.
