The Colombo District Court has rejected a request seeking an order to compel Sri Lanka cricketer Chamika Karunaratne to provide a blood sample for a DNA test in a paternity case.
The application was made in connection with a lawsuit filed by airline pilot Rasika Sewwandi, who claims that her child was fathered by Karunaratne and has sought a declaration to that effect.
Delivering its order, the court held that sufficient grounds had not been presented to justify granting the request for a DNA test and dismissed the application.
However, the court ordered that the main case be called again on October 9 for further proceedings.
In her petition, the plaintiff has requested the court to declare that Karunaratne is the father of her child and to direct the Registrar General to issue a birth certificate naming him as the child’s father.
She also alleges that she and Karunaratne were in a relationship from around 2023, during which they had an intimate relationship, and claims that he later refused to acknowledge paternity after she became pregnant.
Karunaratne has previously denied the paternity claim and opposed undergoing a DNA test. (Newswire)