Courts Cannot Routinely Order Determination of Paternity By Way of DNA Tests: MP High Court[Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the courts cannot routinely order determination of paternity by way of DNA tests as forcefully subjecting someone to medical examination violates their right to privacy. The order takes cue from a decision of the Supreme Court in Bhabani Prasad Jena v. Convenor Secretary, Orissa State Commission For Women & Anr., (2010) 8 SCC 633,...