Bombay HC orders BMC to complete name change process of 12-year-old within weeks

The Bombay High Court ordered the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to complete the name change process of a 12-year-old child, who does not have his own father's name but the name of his mother's ex-husband, within the next few weeks.

The Bombay High Court ordered the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to complete the name change process of a 12-year-old child, who does not have his own father's surname but the surname of his mother's ex-husband, within the next few weeks.

The division bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Madhav J Jamdar said, "Matter relates to the identity of a child which has long term implication. It is therefore important that the name of the father is correctly reflected in the official record."