Madras HC asks Apollo to provide Jayalalithaa's blood sample

After a woman claimed to be late Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa's daughter in a petition, the Madras High Court directed the Apollo Hospital to provide Jayalalithaa's blood samples. The directive is considered as a precursor to a DNA test to establish the petitioner's parentage. The woman sought Jayalalithaa's cremation as per the Iyengar Brahmin community rituals in the petition.