Weerasinghe v Jayasinghe – sllr 2007 volume 2 page 050

In Weerasinghe v Jayasinghe, the Supreme Court considered an appeal concerning paternity and corresponding maintenance orders. The central issues related to whether the respondent’s evidence regarding paternity was properly corroborated under Section 6 of the Maintenance Ordinance and the admissibility and probative value of DNA evidence in establishing or rebutting paternity. The earlier decisions of the Magistrate’s Court and the High Court held the appellant liable for maintenance despite the introduction of DNA test results, both initially and upon re-evaluation, which excluded the appellant as the biological father. The Supreme Court determined that the requirement for independent corroboration under the Maintenance Ordinance was not met by the respondent’s evidence or the supporting