DNA profiling has become a recurring feature in disputes involving inheritance, child custody and matrimonial property.
By
Sam Kiplagat
Court Reporter
Nation Media Group
A High Court judge has called on Parliament to enact a law regulating the use of DNA testing, saying that courts are increasingly being forced to resolve paternity disputes without a clear legal framework.
By positioning DNA testing as a last resort, the courts have to ensure that while science may be infallible, the pursuit of truth…
Recent disputes expose the hidden risks of assisted reproduction.
Man takes a DNA test, finds out he isn't the child's father, files for divorce, and moves court for an official paternity test…
Supreme Court ruling balances a child's right to know paternity with an alleged father's privacy in DNA testing cases.
The Delhi High Court upheld a DNA test order for paternity, stating a child's right to know their parentage outweighs adult…
The Supreme Court ordered a DNA test to resolve a paternity dispute, balancing the father's privacy against the child's right to…
Chiefs need to be sensitised on their limits on land and succession cases
