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Petitioner Priyanka Kumari filed a writ petition seeking a death certificate for her missing husband, Late Rajesh Kumar Yadav, whose disappearance was reported in May 2024 and for whom an accused later confessed to murder. The respondents, various state registration authorities, refused to issue the …
The petitioner, Solanki Karsanbhai Muljibhai, adopted a child named Jatin with the consent of the child’s biological parents, who are his brothers, and registered the adoption deed in 2022. The adoption was reflected in a government gazette in 2023, and the petitioner sought to have the parents’ …
The petitioner, born in Mozambique to Indian parents, returned to India as an infant and has lived there ever since, but was denied an Indian passport because she could not produce a consular birth registration or a certificate of Indian citizenship. She argued that the denial violated her …
The appellant, Dhananjay Kumar Singh, sought a compassionate appointment after his father, a Class‑IV employee, went missing on 2 December 1999 and was later declared dead by a death certificate. The single judge dismissed the writ petition, holding that the appellant had not produced a declaration …
Vimal Singh filed a writ petition seeking admission to Class VI of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Duredi, Banda, asserting that his birth certificate issued by the Gram Panchayat records his date of birth as 01‑07‑2013, which falls within the eligibility window. The school denied admission relying on a …
The petitioner, born on 04 July 1997, discovered that his birth certificate erroneously recorded his date of birth as 02 December 1997 due to a clerical mistake by village authorities. He submitted various government documents—school leaving certificate, election card, PAN card, Aadhaar, and …
The minor petitioner, Krisha Dineshkumar Pankhaniya, sought correction of her name in school certificates after they erroneously recorded her father's name as "Dineshbhai" instead of "Dineshkumar". Despite submitting her birth certificate and other government IDs proving the correct name, the State …
The petitioner, Ramilaben Vankar, sought a writ under Article 226 of the Constitution and the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, to compel the State authorities to register the death of her husband, who was found dead in a canal siphon and for whom a police‑issued death certificate …
The petitioner, a mother and natural guardian of her minor daughter Drashti, sought a writ of mandamus directing the registration authority to replace the father's name on the child's birth certificate with her own name. The original certificate listed the first husband’s name; after a second …
The appellant Rajdeep Thathera was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge‑VI‑cum‑Special Judge, POCSO, for kidnapping, rape and offences under the POCSO Act based on the testimony of a 15‑year‑old girl and other police evidence. The appellant appealed, contending that the victim was actually an …
The appellant, Mohd. Abdullah Azam Khan, was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2017, but the election petitioner challenged his eligibility on the ground that he was under 25 years of age at the time of filing his nomination. The dispute centered on conflicting birth dates shown …
The appellant, Manoj @ Monu @ Vishal Chaudhary, was initially declared a juvenile in conflict with law but the High Court set aside that finding and ordered him to stand trial as an adult. He sought to prove his juvenility on the basis of a birth certificate, a school leaving certificate, an …
The petitioners sought mandatory ex gratia compensation for families of Covid‑19 victims under Section 12 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, arguing that the word "shall" imposes a duty on the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to prescribe uniform guidelines. The Union of India …
The Supreme Court examined a batch of petitions challenging the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Examination Byelaws, particularly their restrictions on correcting or changing names and dates of birth in certificates. It held that the Byelaws, framed by a body that functions as a State …
The Committee for Citizenship Rights of the Chakmas of Arunachal Pradesh filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking a direction to the Union of India to grant Indian citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees who migrated between 1964 and 1969 and have since settled in Arunachal Pradesh. The …
M. Manickam, a District Munsif, claimed that his date of birth recorded in service records (19‑Mar‑1947) was incorrect and sought to have it changed to 24‑Nov‑1950 to extend his retirement. He filed an application for change in 1993, more than five years after his entry into service, and addressed …
The appellants Murugan @ Settu (A1) and his accomplices A2 and A3 were convicted for kidnapping, compelling marriage and raping a girl, Shankari (PW‑4). The appellants contended that Shankari was an adult who voluntarily went with A1 and that the birth and school certificates were unreliable. The …
