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Supreme Court of India 2017-04-25 dismissed

Anita W/o Eknath Hatkar vs Additional Commissioner Nashik and Ors

Bench: 2 — Kurian

In Brief

The appellant, facing disqualification from elected office for having three children (the third born after the statutory cut-off date), contested that she was not biologically related to the third child. She offered to submit to a DNA test. The Forensic Science Laboratory confirmed through DNA testing that she and her husband were the biological parents of the disputed child. Finding no merit in her challenge, the Court dismissed her appeal.

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