Article 226 Jurisdiction Archives

Biological father name in birth certificate IVF child

Procedural Limitations Cannot Defeat a Child’s Right to Identity: Kerala HC Orders Inclusion of Biological Father’s Name in IVF Child’s Birth Certificate

Observing that a birth certificate is a person’s first public identity document and that leaving the father’s name blank could inflict lasting psychological and social harm upon the child, the Kerala High Court directed the inclusion of the biological father’s name in the birth certificate.

Air Force School Article 12 Supreme Court

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Air Force School not a ‘State’ or ‘Authority’ under Article 12 of the Constitution: Supreme Court by 2:1 Majority

“It is not shown how the IAF headquarters has any control over the management of the said school. Although some funds may have originated from the Army Welfare Society, it cannot be said that the State or the IAF has any control, let alone all-pervasive control, over the school. Moreover, the said Society is not governed by any statutory rules.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Impossible for a factory to have more number of apprentices than employees; provisions of EPF Act to be interpreted only in favour of employees

Madras High Court: Abdul Quddhose, J., dismissed a writ petition filed against the order passed by the Employees Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal holding