R.Sangeetha v. The Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, WP.No.17684 of 2022, Sangeetha v. The Commissioner, Greater Corporation of Chennai and others; birth certificate correction of parents' names; writ of certiorarified mandamus under Article 226; P.H.D/ZHO(VS)/C.No./0047/2022 dated 18.05.2022; hospital birth-entry error (Ravikumar/Jayanthi vs K.K.Ravindran/S.Jaya); One and the Same Certificate dated 08.02.2022, Kanayanoor Taluk Office, Kerala; civil suit for declaration required before name rectification; Lakshmi Nursing Home, Villivakkam; N. Sathish Kumar, J.; decided 02.12.2025; petition disposed of with liberty to file suit.
What did the court decide?
No direction issued to rectify the birth certificate; liberty granted to the petitioner's parents to file a suit for declaration of their original names (K.K.Ravindran and S.Jaya) before a competent Civil Court in Chennai, upon whose decree the petitioner is entitled to correction in the birth certificate.