degree from Bishwanath Singh Institute of Legal Studies, Munger, affiliated to Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bihar, which is now disputed.
In 2013, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and as its candidate contested the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections from the Tri Nagar constituency.
[7] The Home Ministry role was taken away from Tomar in April 2015 during a period of considerable party infighting[8] and on 9 June 2015 he resigned from his position as Law Minister after being arrested in relation to allegations that he had misrepresented his qualifications.
The court requested more information from the concerned organisations,[10] while Tomar now insisted that he holds a valid law degree from the Chaudhary Charan Singh University.
[4] In March 2015, the Delhi High Court refused to disallow the petition against Tomar, expressing surprise that the filer had requested its withdrawal.
[12] The Chief Minister of Delhi, Kejriwal, defended Tomar over the matter and called for a "public trial" of the media, claiming it was biased against his party.
[13] The BCD requested that Tomar produce verification of his qualifications and in May, when it determined that these were not forthcoming in a timely manner, it took a "prima facie" view that he had sought enrolment as a lawyer on basis of "forged documentation and false representation".