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Gujarat High Court Judgments in May 2026: Case Law Digest

Read 266 LawLens analyses of Gujarat High Court judgments published in May 2026, covering key rulings, legal principles and case law.

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### Registrar Duty-Bound to Correct Birth Entry Errors Based on Satisfactory Documentary Evidence Summary: The High Court of Gujarat directed the Surat Municipal Corporation to process a name correction in a Birth Register under Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. The Court held that when an inadvertent error in a birth entry is demonstrated through school records and Aadhaar data, the Registrar must verify the evidence and issue a corrected certificate.. MINOR AYESHA MOHAMED JAVED SHAIKH vs SURAT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. Gujarat High Court. LawLens

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### Registrar Duty-Bound to Correct Birth Entry Errors Based on Satisfactory Documentary Evidence Summary: The High Court of Gujarat directed the Surat Municipal Corporation to process a name correction in a Birth Register under Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. The Court held that when an inadvertent error in a birth entry is demonstrated through school records and Aadhaar data, the Registrar must verify the evidence and issue a corrected certificate.

The Petitioner, born on April 23, 2012, sought to correct her name in the Birth Register from "Hibah Mohamed Javed Shaikh" to her correct name, "Ayesha Mohamed Javed Shaikh"

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