The Patiala House Court today refused to summon former HRD minister Smriti Irani in the fake degree case. Irani had allegedly given false information about her educational qualifications in the election affidavit. The court dismissed it on the ground that there was a 11-year delay in filing the complaint and the lack of original documents available with the Delhi University. The court also observed that the complaint was filed to harass Irani only because she is a central minister. Irani’s educational qualifications came under scanner after she contested the 2004 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The degree case was filed last year by a man called Ahmer Khan, who accused Smriti Irani of making contradictory statements about her education in affidavits that she filed while contesting different elections.