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Supreme Court of Pakistan: <\/strong>The Divison Bench of Mushir Alam and Qazi Faez Isa, JJ. allowed a petition seeking to set aside lower Court\u2019s direction for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test of a lady.<\/p>\n

Respondent herein had filed a suit against the petitioner alleging that she was adopted by his father, late Abdul Qayum and brought up as his own daughter. However, the fact of adoption was concealed from her. In his suit, respondent sought declarations that Laila was not the real daughter of Abdul Qayum and, had no right to his legacy. Further, he filed an application seeking a DNA test to be conducted to determine whether Laila is the daughter of Abdul Qayum. The application did not, as per procedural requirement, cite any provision of law whereunder it was submitted; but the same was allowed. Aggrieved thereby, the instant petition was filed.<\/p>\n

Petitioner\u2019s counsel challenged respondent\u2019s locus standi to question the petitioner\u2019s paternity and contended that the suit filed by him was not maintainable under Sections 39 and 42 of the Specific Relief Act, 1877. He also referred to Article 128 of the Qanun-e Shahadat Order, 1984 according to which only a putative father may challenge the paternity of a child.<\/p>\n

The Court opined that a declaration in suit can only be made in favour of a person who is entitled to any legal character or right, as to any property, which another is denying. In the instant case, petitioner had neither denied respondent\u2019s legal character nor his right to any property. Reliance in this regard was placed on Abdur Rahman Mobashir v. Amir Ali Shah<\/em>, PLD 1978 Lahore 113.<\/p>\n

Further, Article 128 does not permit a putative brother, viz., respondent herein, to challenge his sister\u2019s paternity. Judgment in Salman Akram Raja v. Government of Punjab<\/em>, <\/em>2013 SCMR 203 was also relied on to hold that a free lady cannot be compelled to give a sample for DNA testing as it would violate her liberty, dignity and privacy guaranteed under Article 14 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.<\/p>\n

In view of the above, the impugned order was set aside. [Laila Qayyum v. Fawad Qayum, <\/em>2019 SCC OnLine Pak SC 2<\/b><\/a>, Order dated 18-02-2019]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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