An appeal has been lodged in the Colombo Civil Appellate High Court challenging the order of the Colombo District Court, which rejected a request to compel Sri Lanka cricketer Chamika Karunaratne to provide a blood sample for a DNA test in a paternity case.
The District Court dismissed the application, ruling that sufficient grounds had not been presented to justify a DNA test.
The case was filed by airline pilot Rasika Sewwandi, who claims Karunaratne fathered her child and has sought a declaration to that effect.
In her petition, Sewwandi requested that the court declare Karunaratne as the father and direct the Registrar General to issue a birth certificate naming him accordingly.
She alleges that she and Karunaratne were in a relationship from around 2023 and that he later refused to acknowledge paternity after she became pregnant.
Karunaratne has consistently denied the claim and opposed undergoing a DNA test. (Newswire)