Kum Meghana v. the Principal Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Declaration for change/correction of mother's name ('Saroja' to 'Puttathayamma') in school Marks Cards, Certificates and records on ground of clerical/typographical error; mandatory injunction against Education Department, Block Education Officer (North), BBMP Health Inspector/Registrar of Births and Deaths and New Cambridge English School; ex-parte defendants; unchallenged and unrebutted plaintiff evidence (PW-1; Exs.P-1 to P-10); legal notice dated 14.09.2021; trial court dismissal reversed; RFA under S.96 r/w O.41 R.1 CPC; High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru; Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar; decided 01.04.2025.
What did the court decide?
Impugned judgment and decree dated 01.07.2022 in O.S.No.5675/2021 set aside; suit in O.S.No.5675/2021 decreed as prayed for by the appellants-plaintiffs, i.e., declaration that the mother's name is 'Puttathayamma' and not 'Saroja' and mandatory injunction to the respondents to make necessary corrections in the Marks Cards, Certificates and other records.