Besides, the State said there was no need to order a DNA test. At the outset, the counter-affidavit stated that the present writ petition was not maintainable at all since the Supreme Court had already rejected a similar claim. “It is further submitted that the petitioner is canvassing unproved factual details and wants a roving enquiry, which is unsustainable. Similarly, there was no proof to substantiate the petitioner’s claim of having stayed with Jayalalithaa at the latter’s Poes Garden residence. When the writ petition itself was not maintainable, there was no necessity to pass interim orders for conducting the DNA test, the government said.

Source: The Hindu April 18, 2018 19:47 UTC