Court dismisses fresh petition by TR Zeliang

DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 12 : The Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court has dismissed a criminal revision petition filed by TR Zeliang, the chief minister of Nagaland, seeking dismissal of the case filed against him on the issue of his alleged fake educational qualification entered in official documents. According to the court order received here “a proceeding on the basis of such application/complaint/petition filed beyond the period of limitation is void ab initio and non est in the eye of the law.” The term void ab initio means "to be treated as invalid from the outset” while non est, in legal parlance, usually means “does not exist.” The High Court ruled that since, at the first instance, the JMFC Peren had came to the finding that the case was filed “beyond the prescribed period of limitation”, the question of consideration and/or determination of the contentions raised by Zeliang before the JMFC Peren does not arise because it was “not even entertained by the Trial Court (JMFC Peren) for consideration.” The High Court has fixed September 14 as the next date of hearing for a criminal revision petition filed against TR Zeliang in the matter of alleged fake educational qualification.