birth certificate Archives

Inside Kerala High Court’s groundbreaking ruling allowing Transgender Couple to be listed as Gender-Neutral “Parents” on Birth Certificate

“If a certificate, as sought by the petitioners, advances the welfare, interests, and rights of the petitioners or the class/category they fall in, particularly when their rights originate from the Articles of the Constitution, without offending any of the rights of the third parties and without doing violence to any statutory provisions, the Court need not hesitate to step in and to issue appropriate directions to issue the certificate.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Persons not having birth certificate due to socio-economic backwardness cannot be denied opportunity of competing in sporting events: Delhi HC

“This Court cannot be oblivious of the fact that on account of socio-economic backwardness, it may not have been feasible in some cases, to obtain the birth certificates/other documents evidencing the age of the person within certain years from the date of birth.”

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Understanding Identity, Address, and Date of Birth Proofs in Legal Contexts

These proofs serve as pillars of trust and accountability in numerous domains, from financial transactions to access to social services. Balancing innovation with protection remains paramount to ensure that identity verification mechanisms remain reliable and secure in an increasingly digitized world.

Case Briefs High Courts

Trial Court rightly relied upon Aadhaar card to ascertain victim’s age u/s 94 of the JJ Act, 2015; Delhi High Court upholds discharge in POCSO case

“Wherever the dispute with respect to the age of a person arises in the context of her or him being a victim under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act, 2012, the courts have to take recourse to the steps indicated in Section 94 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Provide column for ‘no religion’, ‘no caste’ in birth certificate applications: Telangana High Court directs State Government

“The right to freely profess, practice or propagate any religion, includes in it the citizens right to say that they do not believe in any religion, and they do not want to profess, practice, or propagate any religion. The State cannot compel the citizen to profess or declare that he belongs to one religion or the other.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Date of birth mentioned in Matriculation Certification granted by CBSE must be accorded highest preference: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court directed the Regional Passport Officer to issue fresh passport to a girl by correcting her date of birth and held that the date of birth mentioned in Matriculation Certification granted by CBSE must be accorded highest preference

Case Briefs High Courts

Can Court direct to retrospectively amend birth certificate to expunge father’s name by replacing mother’s name as an only parent? Kerala HC decides

“The children of unwed mothers and the children of the rape victims can also live in this country with the fundamental rights of privacy, liberty, and dignity. None can intrude into their personal life, and if it happens, the Constitutional Court of this country will protect their fundamental rights.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Minor seeks maintenance but issue of her paternity is in question: Will J&K and Ladakh HC grant maintenance amidst the dispute? Read full report

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Srinagar: Sanjay Dhar, J., addressed a matter with regard to providing maintenance to a minor

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[RTI] HP HC | Birth and Death Register are public documents and admissible under S. 35 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872; To be given even if asked on a simple paper

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan J. directed all the Panchayat Secretaries in the State of Himachal Pradesh to provide death

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Ker HC | Mandatory discloser of Father’s name in Birth/Death Certificate is violative of Fundamental Right; HC directs State to provide separate forms for Single Mothers

Kerala High Court: Satish Ninan, J., held that the mandatory requirement for disclosing Father’s name in Birth/Death Certificate was violative of Fundamental

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Right to control one’s identity a fundamental right; CBSE must permit change of name for just cause: SC

CBSE cannot put fetters on its duties so as to cause grave prejudice to the students with legitimate causes for changing their certificates.

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | If a minor girl enters into an “agreement of marriage”, what would be the legality of such agreement? Option to ratify or rescind would be available? HC throws light in view of Ss. 11 and 23 of Contract Act

Allahabad High Court: Vikas Kunvar Srivastav, J., addresses whether a minor girl on attaining majority can ratify the agreement of marriage that

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Adoption does not sever relationship of child with biological father unless he renounces his right as father

Madras High Court: P.T. Asha, J., addressed a matter in relation to adoption and modification in the birth certificate of a minor in

Case Briefs High Courts

Authorities cannot insist on disclosure of father’s name for the purpose of child’s ‘Birth Certificate’: Madras HC

Madras High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of M.S. Ramesh, J. addressing a Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the