Monday, April 11 2005 12:03 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today (Apr 11, 2005) dismissed a petition filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy seeking initiation of proceedings against Congress president Sonia Gandhi for filing an affidavit allegedly giving false educational qualification before the Returning Officer at Rae Bareli during the Parliamentary elections.

Swamy alleged that Sonia has filed an affidavit before the Rae Bareli Returning Officer claiming to have passed in 1965 an English certificate course from Lenox Cook School purportedly coming under the University of Cambridge.

He said an enquiry in the University of Cambridge had clarified that Sonia Gandhi nee Maino was never a student of Cambridge University.

He requested the court to initiate proceedings against Sonia for giving false educational qualification before the Returning Officer to mislead the voters that she was a highly educated lady.

The court found nothing wrong with the affidavit and said it clearly mentioned that she got the certificate from Lenox Cook School. Thereafter, it dismissed the petition.