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Rohit Shekhar, 32, had in 2008 filed a suit claiming to be 87-year-old Tiwari’s son.
Justice Reva Khetrapal opened the report in her chamber and declared the result in an open court.
The DNA report confirmed that Tiwari is Shekhar’s biological father.
“The report was unsealed and the result has been declared to the extent that as per the DNA report the defendant no 1 (N D Tiwari) is the biological father of plaintiff (Shekhar) and defendant no 2 (Ujjwala Sharma) is the biological mother of Shekhar,” the judge said.
Tiwari’s counsel was not present in court when the judge opened the sealed cover of DNA report and declared the result.
The judge observed that nobody had appeared on Tiwari’s behalf nor had any request been made for an adjournment on his behalf.
Earlier in the day, the court dismissed Tiwari’s plea to keep his DNA test report confidential.
A division bench of acting chief justice A K Sikri and justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said the DNA report could be made public in the court, but no copies should be given to any of the parties in the case.
Tiwari, in mid-July, filed an application before the single judge for keeping the DNA report confidential and also requested for in-camera proceedings in the suit, which was dismissed.
Later, the division bench was approached and said yesterday that the report should be opened.
The Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics had recently submitted in court the DNA reports of Tiwari, Rohit and his mother Ujjwala Sharma.
Tiwari had on May 29 furnished his blood sample for the DNA test at his residence in Dehradun following orders of the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court. The high court on April 27 directed Tiwari to undergo the DNA test and also imposed a fine of Rs25,000 on him.
“As per the DNA report, the defendant no 1 (N D Tiwari) is the biological father of plaintiff (Shekhar) and defendant no 2 (Ujjwala Sharma) is the biological mother of Shekhar”