CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Gujarat High Court recently allowed a writ seeking direction upon the Registrar of Birth and Death/Chief Officer, to delete the name of a minor’s biological father’s name from his birth certificate and replace it with his adoptive father’s name.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 2015, the Supreme Court had directed municipal bodies to not insist on the name of the father while issuing birth certificate for children born outside wedlock. The apex court had said that in such cases the birth certificate should mention only the mother’s name.

Detailed explanation-3: -(1) The registration of births and deaths in India was made compulsory under the Registration of Births and Deaths (RBD) Act, 1969.

Detailed explanation-4: -New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a mother, being the only natural guardian of the child, has the right to decide the surname of the child, and even after the demise of her first husband, cannot be restrained from including the child in her new family and deciding the surname.

Detailed explanation-5: -If you are not listed as the father on the birth certificate, you have no rights to custody, visitation, or paying child support. To establish a father’s legal rights to their child, it is required that they establish paternity.