SUNIL SINGH vs ANJU GUPTA SINGH — AO/25/2026

Case under Family Courts Act, 1984 (Act No. 66 of 1984) Section 19. Disposed: Contested--DISMISSED on 02nd April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: UKHC010008692026

Filing Number

AO/502/2026

Filing Date

10-Jan-2026

Registration No

AO/25/2026

Registration Date

10-Jan-2026

Judge

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj Purohit

Coram

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj Purohit

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

APPEAL ( 3 )

Sub-Category

FAMILY COURT ACT ( 10 )

Judicial Branch

ALL SECTIONS (CIVIL AND CRIMINAL)

Decision Date

02-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISMISSED

Last updated 16-Apr-2026

Acts & Sections

Family Courts Act, 1984 (Act No. 66 of 1984) Section 19

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SUNIL SINGH

    Adv. SHASHI KANT SHANDILYA,VISHWAKETU VAIDYA,VISHWAKETU VAIDYA, ,VISHWAKETU VAIDYA

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.ANJU GUPTA SINGH

  2. 2.HEMANT JOSHI

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 02-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari,Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj PurohitView PDF

    Summary The High Court of Uttarakhand dismissed the appellant's appeal against the Family Court's rejection of his DNA examination request. The court held that DNA testing cannot be ordered routinely and requires exceptional circumstances with strong prima facie evidence of non-access between spouses. Since the appellant failed to specifically plead or establish non-access, the statutory presumption of legitimacy under Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act remained intact, and permitting DNA examination would constitute an unwarranted intrusion into the child's privacy and dignity protected under Article 21 of the Constitution. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 02-Apr-2026

    Fresh Cases For Admission -3

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj Purohit

  4. 25-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari,Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj PurohitView PDF

  5. 09-Feb-2026

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  6. 10-Jan-2026

    Case filed

    Registration No. AO/25/2026

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The High Court of Uttarakhand dismissed the appellant's appeal against the Family Court's rejection of his DNA examination request. The court held that DNA testing cannot be ordered routinely and requires exceptional circumstances with strong prima facie evidence of non-access between spouses. Since the appellant failed to specifically plead or establish non-access, the statutory presumption of legitimacy under Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act remained intact, and permitting DNA examination would constitute an unwarranted intrusion into the child's privacy and dignity protected under Article 21 of the Constitution. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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