birth certificate

In what is being viewed as another progressive judgement, allowing the plea of a 22-year-old unwed mother from Mumbai, the Bombay High Court directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to issue a fresh birth certificate, with space for the name of the biological father left blank.

The civic body has made life more convenient for Gurugram’s residents, by including an online option for such applications on their website.

The government informed the Parliament this week that Aadhaar or PAN card among a host of documents could be used to establish proof of birth.