The Supreme Court
made the following observation: Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act (Section
116 of The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023) was enacted at a time when the modern
scientific advancements with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as well as ribonucleic
acid (RNA) tests were not even in contemplation of the legislature. The result
of a genuine DNA test is said to be scientifically accurate.But even that is
not enough to escape from the conclusiveness of section 112 of Evidence Act
(Section 116 of The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023) e.g. if a husband and
wife were living together during the time of conception but the DNA test
revealed that the child was not born to the husband, the conclusiveness in law
would remain irrebuttable. In our opinion, when there is a conflict between a
conclusive proof envisaged under law and a proof based on scientific advancement
accepted by the world community to be correct, the latter must prevail over the
former.