Kochi: The High Court said that the citizen has the right to add only the mother’s name to the birth certificate and identification documents. Justice PV Kunhikrishnan also ordered that the authorities should allow the application to make corrections to the certificate. The court considered the petition filed by the mother’s son following the harassment.
The court said that children born to victims of sexual harassment and unmarried people are also children of the nation. The court also stated that no authority can deny their rights.
Then the court ordered corrections to be made including the birth certificate as requested by the petitioner.
