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2026 Supreme(Online)(AP) 8551

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO, J
KONA CHINNABABU – Appellant
Versus
KONA SATYAVATHI ALIAS APPALA SATYAVATHI – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: M.M.M. KRISHNA SANAPALA
For the Respondents: ARRABOLU SAI NAVEEN

Table of Content
1. filing of the divorce petition and its basis. (Para 1 , 2)
2. request for dna test under challenge. (Para 3 , 4)
3. court's reasoning regarding dna testing and privacy. (Para 5 , 6 , 7)
4. comparison of rights in marital disputes. (Para 8 , 9)
5. final decision and costs imposed. (Para 10 , 11)

ORDER:

The petitioner herein is the petitioner in H.M.O.P.No.45 of 2019 on the file of the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Vizianagaram. The petitioner filed the above said O.P. to dissolve the marital relationship of the petitioner and the respondent by way of divorce under Section 13 (1)(ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act , 1955.

2. The following provision is hereby extracted for effective disposal of the present Civil Revision Petition:

" Section 13 . Divorce (1) Any marriage solemnized, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, on a petition presented by either the husband or the wife, be dissolved by a decree of divorce on the ground that the other party-

(ia) xxxxxx

(ib) has deserted the petitioner for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition;"

3. While the said O.P. is pending for consideration, the petitio

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