SC: Paternity claimed can't be denied by father in claim for maintenance of child, if he refuses to undergo DNA test

_*⭐SC: Paternity claimed can't be denied by father in claim for maintenance of child, if he refuses to undergo DNA test.*_

_Where purported father denying paternity but refusing to undergo DNA test, held, such a person disentitled from disputing paternity- Evidence Act, 1872, Ss. 112 and 114 Ill ._

_Case:_
_*Dwarika Prasad Satpathy Vs. Vidyut Pravah Dixit.*_

_Citation:_
_*(1999) 7 SCC 675: AIR 1999 SC 3348.*_

_Bench Strength: *2*_
_Coram: *K. T. Thomas and M. B. Shah, JJ.*_
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