By The Hindu 07/02/2015
\”Judicial Magistrates dealing with petitions seeking maintenance amount for minor children under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure can order a DNA test if the person from whom the amount is claimed disputes the fact of having fathered the children and if there is no conclusive proof for establishing paternity, the Madras High Court Bench here has ruled.
Disposing of a criminal revision case, Justice S. Nagamuthu said that magistrates should generally not allow litigants to drag maintenance proceedings. …\”
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