Justice K.M. Joseph and Justice B.V. Nagaratna made this remark while hearing a case related to BJP MLA Harsh Vardhan Vajpayee filed against the Allahabad High Court verdict. During the hearing of the case, Justice Nagaratna, in a light-hearted tone, said that no one in India votes on the basis of educational qualification, except in Kerala.
What is the whole matter?
BJP MLA Harshvardhan Vajpayee, when he contested in 2007 and 2012 elections, mentioned his degree in the nomination form B.Tech from England and Master of Science from Delhi University Finance and Control was shown. However, while filing his nomination for the 2017 election, he has shown his qualification of B.Tech from Shepherd University, England.
But the other side claims that he has lied because in Sheffield University B.E. Chemical engineering is studied not B.Tech and his name was not found in the alumni list of that university, that’s why he made such comment.
What did the Supreme Court say?
The Supreme Court said that it is possible that something like this has happened but the said university has not given any such thing in writing. At the same time, the candidate has said about the completion of his degree. Something like this may have happened due to the inaccuracies of quantities, but on this basis it is not right to consider the entire degree as null and wide.
