Name of Biological Father cannot be replaced with name of Step Father in Birth Records; Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

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9 May 2016 3:14 PM IST

  • Name of Biological Father cannot be replaced with name of Step Father in Birth Records; Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

    Recently Punjab and Haryana High Court has examined the question whether name of a step-father, on the asking of his step-son, can be entered in the Birth Certificate, replacing the name of the biological father, in terms of Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969?The word "biological father" is defined in the Black's Law Dictionary as "the man whose sperm impregnated...

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