
Courts cannot order DNA test as a matter of course to establish paternity, as it involves question of rights to privacy and dignity: Karnataka High Court
The Hindu
Courts should not order a DNA test as a matter of course to establish paternity, and such a test, when imminent, can be allowed strictly within the parameters of the Evidence Act, said the High Court of Karnataka, while quashing the DNA test ordered by a civil court in a suit for partition of properties, to ascertain the paternity of a 39-year-old man, whose parents are now aged 79 and 64.
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