Search Results for Tag : DNA
Judgments
Court left appalled by “incomprehensible omissions” of police(16.12.2015)
The Supreme Court acquitted a man convicted for the murder of his wife after it was found that DNA evidence incriminating him was tested at a private .....
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“The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill - 2019” passed by Lok Sabha(08.01.2019)
In order to strengthen justice delivery system, the Lok Sabha passed “The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill - 2019”. The Bill has b.....
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News
Madras HC Orders Teen Mother, Child to Undergo DNA Test(14.11.2016)
Madras High Court has upheld a Mahila Court's order directing a government witness to undergo a DNA test along with her child after she went back on h.....
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SC Orders Acquittal in Murder Case on Finding that Govt Lab Outsourced DNA Test(29.12.2015)
SC has acquitted a man of killing his wife by reversing verdict of a trial court and Patna HC, as it found loopholes in enquiry when a government fore.....
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Fadnavis Papers: Bombay High Court Seeks Information on Data Protection(11.10.2019)
Bombay High Court has asked the election authorities to inform the “procedure and arrangements” it has made to preserve electronic data including the .....
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Allahabad HC Orders DNA Test in Murder Trial to Unearth Truthfulness of Prosecution's Case(08.08.2022)
Allahabad High Court has allowed conduct of DNA Test in a murder trial as it noted that the same was in the interest of justice to unearth the truthfu.....
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Cal. HC: In Absence of Any Resistance or Alarm it Cannot be Said Victim Was Kidnapped(12.08.2022)
Calcutta High Court while acquitting two persons accused of kidnapping with an intention to marry on the grounds of doubt regarding victim girl's age,.....
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Bombay HC: Charges of Kidnapping Not Tenable If Minor Girl Elopes Voluntarily(09.01.2017)
Bombay High Court has held that if a girl, even if she is a minor but has attained the “age of discretion”, leaves her parents or guardians voluntaril.....
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Allahabad HC: DNA Test Most Legitimate Way to Prove if Wife Unfaithful(18.11.2020)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that a DNA test to establish a child’s paternity is the “most legitimate and scientific means” that can be used by a ma.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, DNA Test, Infidelity
Supreme Court Orders Relook into Poll-Related Case Against Devendra Fadnavis(01.10.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a complaint against Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for allegedly failing to declare two criminal cases o.....
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Ker. HC: Can’t Conduct DNA Test to Clear Mere Suspicion of Paternity(20.09.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that DNA or other scientific tests cannot be resorted to clear a suspicion regarding the paternity of the child, in the abs.....
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Kerala HC Allows Man's Plea for DNA Test of Child to Establish Wife's Infidelity(15.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has allowed a man's plea for the DNA test of a child born during the subsistence of his marriage to establish his allegations of inf.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, DNA Test of Child to Establish Wife's Infidelity
Hyderabad HC Confirms Order Directing Father to Undergo DNA Test to Decide Paternity of His Child(11.01.2017)
Hyderabad High Court has made it clear that there was no illegality in a Family Court ordering a father to undergo DNA test to decide paternity of his.....
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Supreme Court Directs Centre, Fadnavis to Show Letters of BJP Staking Claim(25.11.2019)
Supreme Court has rejected an urgent demand by the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress to order the Devendra Fadnavis Government to fac.....
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Bombay HC: No DNA Test on Rape Survivor's Adopted Child(17.11.2023)
Bombay High Court while ruling out a DNA test on a minor rape survivor's child given in adoption has observed that, since the child is given in adopti.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, DNA test, Rape Survivor
Kerala HC: Taking DNA Samples of Rape Accused Does Not Violate His Right Against Self-Incrimination(02.11.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that the protection guaranteed under Article 20(3) of the Constitution of India does not extend to protecting an accused fr.....
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Amicus Curiae to Ker. HC: DNA Test of Children of Rape Victims Will Defeat Concept of Adoption(19.12.2023)
Amicus Curiae Advocate A. Parvathi Menon has informed the Kerala High Court that subjecting the adopted child of a rape victim to DNA tests will only .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Amicus Curiae, DNA Test, Rape Victim, Adoption
SC: Demand of Ransom Coupled with the Threat to Life Necessary for Conviction Under Section 364A IPC(04.01.2024)
Supreme Court has held that for conviction under Section 364A of IPC, the prosecution must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, before the Court not only.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Conviction, Section 364A, Kidnapping
SC: DNA Tests Can Violate Privacy Right, Can't be Directed as Matter of Course(27.10.2022)
Supreme Court while disallowing DNA test to determine paternity of two children has held that merely because something is permissible under law can’t .....
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Del. HC: Minors Kidnapping Cases Can’t be Quashed by Settlement(07.12.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that cases involving children can’t be quashed based on settlement between parties, has stated that such settlement r.....
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Karnataka HC Dismisses Petition Filed by Rape Accused Seeking to Quash DNA Report(06.01.2022)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a rape accused seeking to quash the DNA report which confirmed him to be the biological father .....
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Tripura HC: Plea for DNA Test Cannot be Entertained Unless Explicit Challenge to Birth Documents(14.01.2022)
Tripura High Court has held that unless and until there is an explicit challenge to birth documents and school records of a person, a plea for conduct.....
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Jharkhand HC: DNA Tests Can't be Directed as a Matter of Course(23.12.2022)
Jharkhand High Court while observing that DNA tests can encroach upon privacy and physical autonomy of an individual, has held that order to conduct D.....
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Delhi High Court Rejects Dec 16 Gangrape Convict Plea to Get True DNA Report(05.08.2015)
Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea by two of the four death row convicts in the December 16, 2012, gangrape-cum-murder case of a 23-year-old girl t.....
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Bombay HC Permits Fakhruddin to Continue Suit to Declare Him ‘Spiritual Leader’(08.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has granted permission to Syedna Taher Fakhruddin to continue with suit to declare him as spiritual leader and substituted him as a .....
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Bombay High Court Issues Notice to Devendra Fadnavis in Plea Challenging His Election(17.01.2020)
Bombay High Court has issued a notice to former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis in a Plea challenging his election from Nagpur (South.....
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Allahabad High Court: Rape Victim Cannot be Compelled to Undergo DNA Test(13.12.2021)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that a victim of rape cannot be compelled to undergo DNA test to determine the paternity of her child. The Court was ad.....
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Tripura HC Directs State to Take Steps to Recover Girl Allegedly Kidnapped & Taken to Bangladesh(29.11.2021)
Tripura High Court directed the Tripura police department to ensure her recovery at the earliest, while dealing with a habeas plea for recovery of a m.....
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Supreme Court: Death for Kidnapping for Ransom Cannot be Dubbed Outrageous(24.08.2015)
Supreme Court has observed while upholding death sentence under Section 364A of IPC that rising incidents of kidnapping and abduction for ransom not o.....
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Supreme Court Dismisses Fadnavis Plea(04.03.2020)
Supreme Court has refused to re-examine its verdict reviving the trial against former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis for allegedly not d.....
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SC: Husband Having Pre-Marital Affairs Not Sufficient Grounds for Kidnapping, Rape Charges(27.12.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that husband having some pre-marital love affairs can hardly be a case under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, wh.....
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Bom. HC: Denying DNA Test of Child Not Sufficient to Draw Adverse Inference(10.01.2023)
Bombay High Court while dismissing man’s plea challenging grant of maintenance to his wife has observed that wife's refusal to undergo DNA test for as.....
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Delhi HC Directs FSL to Expeditiously Conduct DNA Test of Charred Body(09.04.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) to expeditiously conduct DNA Test of a charred body which is claimed to be related.....
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SC: Right Not to Have Legitimacy of Children Questioned Frivolously is Part of Right to Privacy(21.02.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that DNA tests of children may be directed only if there is prima-facie material to dislodge presumption under Section 1.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Legitimacy, Evidence Act, DNA Test
Ker. HC Issues Guidelines for DNA Testing of Children of Rape Victims Who Are Given in Adoption(23.04.2024)
Ker. HC laid down guidelines for DNA testing of children of rape victims given in adoption which state that Courts shall not entertain applications se.....
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Delhi HC Directs Govt to Conduct DNA Test on Charred Body of Suspected Riot Victim(19.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi to expedite the process of DNA testing and to complete the same wi.....
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Delhi HC Directs Expeditious DNA Testing of Bodies of Riot Victims Without Waiting for Court Orders(25.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government not to wait for Court's order before conducting DNA testing of persons killed during the Delhi Riot.....
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Delhi HC Orders CBI Probe Into Irregularities In DNA Reports Submitted By Forensic Laboratory(08.08.2018)
Delhi High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to look into the irregularities noticed by it in certain DNA reports prepared .....
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SC: Mere Intimidation to Silence Kidnapped Child Not Sufficient to Prove Threat to Life(07.03.2023)
Supreme Court has held that intimidation of the kidnapped child victim, for the purpose of making him silent, cannot be enough to suffice the ingredie.....
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Gujarat HC: Father Removing Child from Mother's Custody Not Kidnapping(10.03.2023)
Gujarat High Court while observing that father of a child is natural and lawful guardian, has held that removal by him of his son from his mother is n.....
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MP HC Asks DGP to Ensure Timely Submission of FSL, DNA Reports in Trial Courts(17.05.2017)
MP High Court has directed State Director General of Police (DGP) to ensure timely submission of reports pertained to FSL, DNA and handwriting examina.....
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Allahabad HC Dismisses Revision Plea to Challenge Discharge of MP Sakshi Maharaj in Rape, Kidnapping(04.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has dismissed a revision plea filed by the State Government against the discharge order in favour of BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj in reg.....
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Guj. HC: Prosecution’s Inability to Establish Identity of Dead Body Not Ground for Acquittal(29.03.2023)
Gujarat High Court has held that inability of the prosecution to establish the identity of the dead-body on the basis of DNA report, is not sufficient.....
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Rajasthan High Court: DNA Test Cannot be Ordered Merely on the Basis of Blind Statement Of Father(28.05.2019)
Rajasthan High Court has held that the courts have to be very careful and sensitive to the circumstances before passing orders for getting the DNA tes.....
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P&H HC Quashes Kidnapping Charges Where Minor Voluntarily Married to Man(08.06.2021)
Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed kidnapping charges against a man, noticing that the minor girl performed the marriage with the man with her ow.....
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All. HC: Either Pay Maintenance or Undergo DNA Test to Prove Claim of Not Being the Father(04.06.2024)
Allahabad High Court while observing that the interest of children should be of paramount consideration, has ordered a man to either pay maintenance o.....
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Allahabad HC: Police Must Assess Victim's Age in Kidnapping Cases(13.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that while investigating Kidnapping cases, the police authorities must first assess the victim girl’s age so that in ca.....
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Ker. HC: State Govt. to Form SOP for Collection of DNA Samples of Children Surrendered For Adoption(12.07.2024)
Kerala High Court has directed the State Government to form a comprehensive SOP with regard to the collection of DNA samples of children before they a.....
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Supreme Court: DNA Test Cannot be Ordered Without Any Valid Need for Same(06.08.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that DNA Test cannot be ordered without there being appropriate satisfaction for requirement of such test. The Court held t.....
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Bombay High Court Directs Binoy Kodiyeri to Give DNA sample(30.07.2019)
Bombay High Court has asked the Kerala CPI(M) leader’s son Binoy Kodiyeri, who is accused of raping a woman, to provide DNA samples to the police to d.....
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LCI 271st Report: Proposes Setting Up Of National And Regional DNA Data Banks(28.07.2017)
Law Commission of India has submitted its 271st report titled “Human DNA Profiling – A Draft Bill for the Use and Regulation of DNA Based Technology” .....
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SC: Merely Proving Kidnapping Not Sufficient for Conviction for Offence of Kidnapping for Ransom(29.06.2021)
Supreme Court has held that merely proving the kidnap of a person is not sufficient for conviction for the offence of 'kidnapping for ransom' under Se.....
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Pat HC: Can’t Infer Adulterous Relationship on Refusal for DNA Test After Allegation of Adultery(16.05.2023)
Patna High Court while observing that refusal for DNA test after allegations of adultery cannot be a ground for inference of adulterous relationship, .....
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Bombay High Court Acquits Two Convicted of Kidnapping and Murdering 12-Year-Old Boy(16.08.2019)
Bombay High Court has acquitted Imtiyaz Shaikh who was sentenced to death by the lower Court and Azad who was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidna.....
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