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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that it would be extremely harsh for the courts of law to expect the child to flourish in an alien household where his own biological father is akin to a stranger to him, while reversing its 2024 order to hand over a 12-year-old boy's custody to his father. The apex court said mother remains a great source of comfort and safety to the minor child. A bench comprising justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B Varale said a father-son relation can only be fostered p ...Read More >
A young woman named Oleti Pushpa (22) was killed by her live-in partner Sheikh Shamma (22) in the Ambedkar Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, reported India Today. She was living with Sheikh for the past 6 months after she separated from her spouse. The incident took place in Siddhartha Nagar, B Savaram village of Rajolu mandal on 16th July. Shamma reportedly accused Pushpa of having affairs with other men. He forced her to engage in prostitution and frequently instigated fights with her when ...Read More >
The allegation that the wife was leading an adulterous life can be established through means other than subjecting the child to undergo a DNA test. (Representative Image: AP) A minor child cannot be made to undergo a DNA test to confirm paternity merely because a man suspects his wife of adultery, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court ruled, quashing a family's court order that directed a DNA test based on the husband's plea. In its order dated July 1 and made available on Wednesday, a sin ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has held that a minor child cannot be subject to DNA test merely because the man suspects his wife of adultery. The court said that the DNA test for paternity determination is ordered in exceptional cases. Justice RM Joshi quashed February 2020 family court's order directing a minor boy to undergo the test. The judge emphasised that merely because a man claims he is entitled to divorce on the ground of adultery does not make it an eminent case f ...Read More >
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