Appeals Court rules courts empowered to order DNA tests to ascertain child's paternity


PUTRAJAYA: The High Court has the power to issue an order for a minor to undergo DNA tests to ascertain the child's paternity, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

This was decided by a three-member panel of judges comprising Justices Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, Datuk M. Gunalan and Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali on Monday (March 27) in an appeal concerning a paternity dispute case.

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