DNA profiling.

• Recently The Supreme Court held that children should be subjected to DNA tests only as a last resort for establishing infidelity.
• Supreme Court observed that Courts should mind that children are not material objects to be subjected to forensic/DNA testing, particularly when they are not parties to the divorce proceedings.
• The rights of privacy, autonomy and identity of children are recognised under the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• A child’s genetic information is part of his fundamental Right to privacy.

DNA paternity test

• DNA is the genetic material children inherit from their parents.
• DNA paternity testing uses DNA profiles to determine whether an individual is the biological parent of a child.
• A 24-marker DNA profile of the parent and child is compared to identify biological parents.