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HC on DNA Test: Allahabad High Court Refuses Plea To Order Child's DNA Test As Husband Seeks To Prove Adultery Allegations Against His Wife

The Allahabad High Court of Justices Saumitra Dayal Singh and Rajendra Kumar-IV, while refusing the order, observed that there were no pleadings to the effect that the parties had not known each other or met each other before marriage.

HC on DNA Test: Allahabad High Court Refuses Plea To Order Child's DNA Test As Husband Seeks To Prove Adultery Allegations Against His Wife

The Allahabad High Court recently refused to order a DNA test of a child after a man, in his plea, sought the request to prove the adultery allegations he levelled against his wife. The man reportedly sought to prove the adultery allegations by demonstrating that the child was not his legitimate son. As per a report in Live Law, the child in question was born within nine months of the man's marriage with his wife, who is the respondent in the case. The Allahabad High Court of Justices Saumitra Dayal Singh and Rajendra Kumar-IV, while refusing the order, observed that there were no pleadings to the effect that the parties had not known each other or met each other before marriage. HC on Rape: Even If Victim Willingly Leaves Home to Go With Accused, It Does Not Give Him Right to Rape Her, Says Calcutta High Court.

HC Refuses To Order DNA Test of Child

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