S v. S, Writ Petition No. 3499 of 2020, decided on 1-7-2025 Bombay High Court: The present writ petition was filed by the petitioner-wife, challenging the order of the Family Court which accepted the respondent-husband’s request for conducting DNA Profiling Test to decide the legitimacy of the child born to them. A Single Judge Bench of R.M. Joshi, J., set aside the Family Court order and held that it was the duty of the Court to consider pros and cons before calling upon the minor to undergo a blood or DNA test. Background: The parties got married on 18-12-2011. On 19-1-2013, when the wife left the matrimonial home, she was three months pregnant. The husband issued a notice to the wife on 28-1-2013, calling upon her to come back for cohabitation. Thereafter, a petition for judicial separation was filed by the husband on 8-2-2013, before the Family Court. The wife also filed a petition seeking restitution of conjugal rights. The husband then withdrew the proceedings filed for judicial ...