<p>Bengaluru: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/karnataka-high-court">Karnataka High Court</a> has said that since there is no provision under the statute to change the name of children, till adequate amendments are introduced, the authorities shall adopt a procedure asking the applicant parents to give a sworn affidavit. </p><p>Justice NS Sanjay Gowda said that there is a piquant situation which needs to be resolved in such a manner that neither authorities nor the applicants are prejudiced.</p>.Karnataka High Court says no to quash cheating case against staffer, kin.<p>The petition was filed by the child Adhrith Bhat (two years old), represented by his mother Deepika Bhat, a resident of Udupi. The petitioners had requested the Registrar of Births and Deaths, Udupi to change the name of the boy to Shrijith Bhat following an advice that the name Adhrith Bhat was astrologically not proper. The petitioners challenged the November 4, 2023 endorsement rejecting the application stating that no corrections could be made in view of section 15 of the Act and Rules 11(1) and (7) of the Karnataka Registration of Births and Deaths Rules.</p><p>After perusing the statutory provisions, Justice Sanjay Gowda noted that the Law Commission of Karnataka in its 24th Report, furnished on July 20, 2013, had suggested amendments to the Act and the Rules regarding Change of Name.</p><p>“Since there is no law which prescribes the procedure for changing the name of a person, it would be impermissible for the parents of a child to seek for changing the name that is already registered in the register of births and deaths until a relevant law is provided for by the Legislature. This could be achieved by calling upon the parents to give a sworn affidavit to the effect that they have changed the name of the child on their own accord and the entries in the birth register would be required to be changed accordingly,” Justice Sanjay Gowda said.</p><p>The court further said, “On such a request being given, the authorities should verify the identity of the parents and proceed to incorporate the changed name in the Register of Births. The authorities, in order to ensure that there is no attempt to create a record for ulterior purposes, should make a remark in the register stating that the name of the child had been changed subsequently pursuant to a request made by the parents. The register would therefore have an entry regarding the name which was originally entered and also a name which was entered subsequently on their request. If such an endorsement is incorporated in the Birth Certificate as well, the possibility of any misuse would also be avoided.”</p><p>The court quashed the endorsement issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, Udupi and directed for necessary entry in the Register of Births and also in the Birth Certificate.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/karnataka-high-court">Karnataka High Court</a> has said that since there is no provision under the statute to change the name of children, till adequate amendments are introduced, the authorities shall adopt a procedure asking the applicant parents to give a sworn affidavit. </p><p>Justice NS Sanjay Gowda said that there is a piquant situation which needs to be resolved in such a manner that neither authorities nor the applicants are prejudiced.</p>.Karnataka High Court says no to quash cheating case against staffer, kin.<p>The petition was filed by the child Adhrith Bhat (two years old), represented by his mother Deepika Bhat, a resident of Udupi. The petitioners had requested the Registrar of Births and Deaths, Udupi to change the name of the boy to Shrijith Bhat following an advice that the name Adhrith Bhat was astrologically not proper. The petitioners challenged the November 4, 2023 endorsement rejecting the application stating that no corrections could be made in view of section 15 of the Act and Rules 11(1) and (7) of the Karnataka Registration of Births and Deaths Rules.</p><p>After perusing the statutory provisions, Justice Sanjay Gowda noted that the Law Commission of Karnataka in its 24th Report, furnished on July 20, 2013, had suggested amendments to the Act and the Rules regarding Change of Name.</p><p>“Since there is no law which prescribes the procedure for changing the name of a person, it would be impermissible for the parents of a child to seek for changing the name that is already registered in the register of births and deaths until a relevant law is provided for by the Legislature. This could be achieved by calling upon the parents to give a sworn affidavit to the effect that they have changed the name of the child on their own accord and the entries in the birth register would be required to be changed accordingly,” Justice Sanjay Gowda said.</p><p>The court further said, “On such a request being given, the authorities should verify the identity of the parents and proceed to incorporate the changed name in the Register of Births. The authorities, in order to ensure that there is no attempt to create a record for ulterior purposes, should make a remark in the register stating that the name of the child had been changed subsequently pursuant to a request made by the parents. The register would therefore have an entry regarding the name which was originally entered and also a name which was entered subsequently on their request. If such an endorsement is incorporated in the Birth Certificate as well, the possibility of any misuse would also be avoided.”</p><p>The court quashed the endorsement issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, Udupi and directed for necessary entry in the Register of Births and also in the Birth Certificate.</p>