{
  "id": 9418960,
  "title": "'Testing Cannot Be Ordered As Routine': Bombay HC Sets Aside DNA Test Order In Paternity Dispute",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/testing-cannot-be-ordered-as-routine-bombay-hc-sets-aside-dna-test",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-23T21:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/testing-cannot-be-ordered-as-routine-bombay-hc-sets-aside-dna-test-order-in-paternity-dispute"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai, September 23, 2026: The Bombay High Court has held that a DNA test cannot be ordered merely because paternity is disputed, stressing that a claimant must first lead evidence to establish the basis of his claim before seeking scientific testing. Justice Sandeep Marne set aside a 2018 order of a Nashik civil court directing a man claiming to be the illegitimate son of a deceased person to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}