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 in an appeal concerning a paternity dispute case.
"The right to know his or her biological parents is now internationally recognised as the basic right of critical importance to a child," he said. Justice Vazeer said the appellate court concurred with the findings of the High Court judge on the application of the common law principles in the case and did not find any reason to disturb the pronouncement of law by the High Court judge.
This was after lawyer Honey Tan Lay Ean, appearing for the man who filed the suit, did not object to the stay application.
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