S.21 Registration Of Births & Deaths Act Doesn't Authorise Registrar To Compel Parents And Child To Undergo DNA Test: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has made it clear that a Registrar's power to call for information regarding birth or death under Section 21 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 does not extend to order DNA test of a newborn and its parents.Justice VG Arun criticised the Registrar of Cheranalloor Grama Panchayat for refusing to issue birth certificate to the female child born to...