Latest Indian Evidence Act News & Updates

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by a woman seeking maintenance for her minor daughter after a DNA test established that the respondent was not the biological father, holding that such scientific evidence would prevail over the statutory presumption of legitimacy under the law.A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N.K. Singh dismissed an appeal filed by a woman challenging a Delhi High Court order which had refused maintenance for her daughter while reman…