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HC to BMC: Issue new birth certificates without father's name to single mother
Updated On: 04 April, 2018 03:59 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
A bench of Justices AS Oka and RI Chagla also directed BMC to recall the birth certificates bearing the name of the girl's father on them that have already been issued
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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to issue new birth certificates for a girl child born through the test tube process without mentioning her biological father's name. A bench of Justices AS Oka and RI Chagla also directed the civic body to recall the birth certificates bearing the name of the girl's father on them that have already been issued, and to re-issue certificates with a blank space where the father's name should be.




