Men too have dignity and self-respect," the Kerala High Court recently said while granting permission to correct the father's name in the birth certificate of a child born out of an extra-marital relationship the child's mother had with another man.
The Orissa High Court has upheld an order of lower court declining the DNA test of a man observing that “directing for DNA test of the child on the face of admission of the mother would be an insult to her motherhood and against the law enumerated in section 112 of the Evidence Act”.
In the DNA test conducted at Rampurhat Government Medical College Hospital, the dead body has been identified as of class nine student of Papuri Village under Nanoor Police Station.
Singh informed that the bodies of the victims were charred beyond recognition and DNA tests were underway to ascertain their identities.
The 65-year-old man was sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl.
The samples collected from the Mehrauli area have been sent for a DNA test. The police will match both the DNA reports.
“Almost two decades ago in the course of the Justice Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry (JMCI), a precious opportunity to conduct a DNA test and to bring the remains of Netaji home to his beloved motherland, was sadly lost. According to the JMCI Report, the Renkoji authorities were not willing to allow a DNA test of the alleged remains.”
The "victim" woman was subsequently taken to the Nehru Colony police station in Dehradun recently, and she claims that the cops applied pressure on her to settle the issue. The victim posted a video on social media accusing the police of allegedly working under the influence of power. Demanding a DNA test of her daughter and the BJP leader, the victim states, “I and my daughter face threat to our lives.”
A controversy on the issue erupted on Monday when certain Kashmir based political parties described it a "fake encounter" and sought action against the concerned security forces.
Pakistan's law and its judicial system have chosen to live in an alternative universe that does not have the flexibility to accommodate scientific facts such as those offered up by DNA tests, says Rafia Zakaria.
