{"id":259988,"date":"2026-05-30T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/right-to-know-parentage-can-trump-privacy-rules-sc\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T00:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:45:15","slug":"right-to-know-parentage-can-trump-privacy-rules-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/right-to-know-parentage-can-trump-privacy-rules-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Right to know parentage can trump privacy, rules SC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right to know parentage can trump privacy, rules SC<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-05-30 19:58:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.hindustantimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

New Delhi: Can a man\u2019s right to privacy defeat a child\u2019s lifelong search for the identity of his father? The Supreme Court answered that question by directing a DNA test and holding that courts must balance both interests, particularly where paternity lies at the heart of the dispute and no other evidence can provide a definitive answer.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court ordered a DNA test to resolve a paternity dispute (ANI)<\/p>\n

A bench of justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh, on Friday, dismissed an appeal by a man resisting a DNA examination and upheld an order directing genetic testing to determine whether he was the biological father of the claimant born in 1999.<\/p>\n

Balancing competing rights, the court said that the case involved not merely the privacy concerns of the alleged father but also the claimant\u2019s lifelong quest for certainty about his identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as the right of privacy is concerned, we are balancing, in this case, (the man\u2019s) privacy with the respondent\u2019s (claimant\u2019s) desire for closure on a question that has loomed large on his life throughout,\u201d held the bench.<\/p>\n

The court noted that the claimant grew up watching his mother consistently assert that the appellant was his father, while official authorities repeatedly reached contrary conclusions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf no positive answer is ever found out to the question, it is quite possible that the claimant would forever be denied the rights he may otherwise be entitled to by virtue of being the appellant\u2019s son,\u201d stated the judgment.<\/p>\n

The dispute arose from a civil suit filed by the claimant seeking a declaration regarding his paternity. According to the judgment, the alleged relationship between his mother and the appellant dated back to January 1999, while the claimant was born in September that year. The appellant consistently denied being his father. The court noted that there was no suggestion that the claimant\u2019s mother had an intimate relationship with anyone else during the relevant period.<\/p>\n

The Supreme…<\/p>\n

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