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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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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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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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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.....
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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.....
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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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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 .....
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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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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.....
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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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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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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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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.....
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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 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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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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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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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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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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