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Sandeep Bajaj v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Anr.

Delhi HC1 Jul 2025W.P.(C)/8719/2025

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Death Certificate certified copy direction MCD; nephew of unmarried deceased aunt; Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969; Regn. No. MCDOLIR-02213011210710; mobile number not linked to registration number prevented online download from mcdonline.nic.in; MCD counsel conceded download restriction; direction to issue certified Death Certificate of Late Mrs. Sunila Manocha within four weeks; no opinion on inter-se heir disputes; W.P.(C) 8719/2025 decided 01.07.2025 by Ms. Justice Mini Pushkarna; writ petition disposed of.

What did the court decide?

Direction to respondent-MCD to issue a certified copy of the Death Certificate of Late Mrs. Sunila Manocha to the petitioner within four weeks, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the petitioner's dispute with the other legal heirs; writ petition disposed of accordingly. ¶19

Sandeep Bajaj Vs Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Anr. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether directions can be issued to respondent No. 1/MCD to provide the petitioner a certified copy of the Death Certificate of his deceased aunt, where the certificate can be downloaded online only by the person whose mobile number is linked to the registration number.

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Court's answer

A certified copy of the Death Certificate of Late Mrs. Sunila Manocha shall be issued by the respondent-MCD to the petitioner, without going into any dispute between the petitioner and the other legal heirs of the deceased.

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Ratio / Principle

The direction to MCD to issue the certified copy of the Death Certificate is to be complied with within four weeks.

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Key takeaways

The Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the dispute raised by the petitioner, or on his entitlement vis-a-vis the other legal heirs of Late Mrs. Sunila Manocha; that point is expressly left open.obiter¶18

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Writ Petition (Civil) disposed of by the High Court of Delhi: the Municipal Corporation of Delhi was directed to issue to the petitioner (nephew of the deceased, Late Mrs. Sunila Manocha) a certified copy of her Death Certificate within four weeks. Although the death stood registered with SDMC/MCD under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (Regn. No. MCDOLIR-02213011210710), the petitioner could not download the certificate online because his mobile number was not linked to the registration number. MCD conceded the certificate could be downloaded only by the person whose mobile number is linked to the registration. The Court clarified it expressed no opinion on the merits of the petitioner's disputes with the other legal heirs of the deceased.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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W.P.(C) 8719/2025 SANDEEP BAJAJ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rohit Bharadwaj and Mr. Shiv Nath Sawhney, Advs. M: 9999192001 Email:[email protected] [email protected] versus

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MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Pratap Singh Ahluwalia, Adv. for MCD (Through VC)

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CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA

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O R D E R % 01.07.2025

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The present writ petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking issuance of directions to the respondent no. 1/Municipal Corporation of Delhi (“MCD”) to provide the certified copy of the Death Certificate of his aunt, namely, Late Mrs. Sunila Manocha.

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It is submitted that the petitioner is the nephew (sister’s son) of Late Mrs. Sunila Manocha who passed away on 24^th November, 2021, at the National Heart Institute, East of Kailash, New Delhi – 110065.

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Subsequently, her death was registered in terms of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, with the then South Delhi Municipal Corporation (“SDMC”), now MCD vide Registration No. MCDOLIR-02213011210710 .

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 03/07/2025 at 21:07:29

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It is submitted that the deceased aunt of the petitioner was unmarried till her lifetime and was residing in Greater Kailash, New Delhi, at the time of her demise, whereas, the petitioner, herein, was residing at Hyderabad, Telangana.

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It is further submitted that the petitioner has certain disputes with other legal heirs of his deceased aunt. Thus, he submits that in order to secure his rights, the petitioner has made a representation to the MCD seeking the Death Certificate of the deceased. However, the MCD responded to the said representation vide a letter dated 13^th May, 2022, stating that the Death Certificate was to be downloaded from the website of the MCD, i.e., mcdonline.nic.in.

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It is submitted that despite following the instructions in the aforesaid letter, the petitioner was unable to download the Death Certificate of the deceased, since his mobile number was not linked with the Registration No. MCDOLIR-0221-3011210710 . He submits that despite making representations to the MCD time and again, he has been unable to secure a certified copy of the Death Certificate of his deceased aunt.

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Responding to the present petition, learned counsel appearing for the MCD submits that the Death Certificate has already been issued by the MCD, which can be duly downloaded from the website of the MCD. However, learned counsel appearing for the MCD concedes to the fact that the Death Certificate can be downloaded only by the person whose mobile number is linked to the registration number of the deceased.

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Considering the submissions made before this Court and without going into any dispute which the petitioner may be having with other legal heirs of his deceased aunt, it is directed that a certified copy of the Death

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Certificate of Late Mrs. Sunila Manocha, shall be issued by the respondentMCD to the petitioner.

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Let the needful be done, within a period of four weeks from today. 10. It is clarified that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the dispute raised by the petitioner or his entitlement with regard to the disputes that the petitioner has with other legal heirs of Late Mrs. Sunila Manocha.

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With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petition is accordingly disposed of.

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MINI PUSHKARNA, J

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JULY 1, 2025/SK

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Sandeep Bajaj v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Anr.

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