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May 14 2015 (HC)

Rahul Verma Vs. State of Rajasthan and Others

Court : Rajasthan Jodhpur

..... even as per section 6 of the births, deaths and marriages registration act, 1886, the establishment of general registry, of which the registrar general of births, deaths and marriages is in charge, is established for keeping the certified copies of registers of births and deaths registered under the said act of 1886, or marriages registered under the other acts including the indian christian marriage act, 1872. ..... mathew for the petitioner that the registrar general of births, deaths and marriages appointed under the births, deaths and marriages act, 1886 be directed to register the marriages of christians solemnized under the indian christian marriage act, 1872, can not be accepted. ..... may appoint one or more christians, either by name or as holding any office for the time being, to be the marriage registrar or marriage registrars for any district. ..... section 3 of the said act of 1954 states that the state government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint one or more marriage officers for the whole or any part of the state. ..... it was sought to be submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the respondent no.3 district collector or anybody who is appointed as the marriage officer under the special marriage act, 1954 be directed to register the marriage of the petitioner solemnized under the christian marriage act, 1872,. .....

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Dec 13 2000 (HC)

Surendra Dash Vs. Laxmidhar Sahoo and anr.

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 2001(I)OLR65

..... the learned counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance upon section 28 of the births, deaths and marriages registration act, 1886 (6 of 1886) in support of his contention that it is only the prescribed authority, namely the registrar of births and deaths who can correct any error contained in such register and n6 other authority can correct such error. ..... (2) if a certified copy of the entry has already been sent to the registrar general of births, deaths and marriages, the registrar of births and deaths shall make and send a separate certified copy of the original erroneous entry and of the marginal correction therein made. ..... copies of entries to be admissible in evidence.a copy of an entry given under the last foregoing section shall be certified by the registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages, or by an officer authorised in this behalf by the state government, and shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving the birth, death or marriage to which the entry relates. ..... the district judge (tribunal) has found that the present petitioner had more than two children on the appointed date and as such was disqualified. ..... the main question raised in the election petition was as to whether the present petitioner had more than two children by the appointed date. .....

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Feb 21 2008 (HC)

Nitaben Nareshbhai Patel Vs. State of Gujarat and ors.

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : 2008GLH(1)556; (2008)1GLR884

..... therefore, section 28 of the births, deaths and marriages registration act, 1886, section 15 of the registration of births and deaths act, 1969, rule 12 of the erstwhile registration of birth and deaths registration rules, 1973 as framed by the state government on the basis of model rules and rule 11 of the gujarat registration of births and deaths rules, 2004 now in force, along with the guidelines of the central government and the state government issued by the registrar general of india and registry of births and deaths, it is clear that none of the above sections and rules and guidelines restrict the authority to correct any erroneous entry in form or substance made in the register of births and deaths. ..... 23471 of 2007 the petitioner has prayed to correct the name entered into the birth and death register, which the chief officer, municipality of bardoli has refused to correct the name entered into the birth and death register on the ground that clause 7.1 of the guideline of birth and death registration act, 1969 does not empower the authority, the order impugned deserves to be quashed and set aside and order accordingly. ..... thus, whatever is not inconsistent of act of 1886 clearly remain operative as on date.the chapter ii provides for registration establishment at central, state, district and local authority level.7. .....

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Jul 28 2005 (SC)

State of U.P. and anr. Vs. Shiv NaraIn Upadhyaya

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2005SC4192; 2005(3)ESC451; [2005(106)FLR910]; JT2005(6)SC444; 2005(3)KLT754(SC); (2005)6SCC49; 2005(3)SLJ113(SC)

..... claimed correction of his date of birth with reference to the births and deaths register maintained under the births, deaths and marriages registration act, 1886. ..... this court:'the object underlying rule 4 is to avoid repeated applications by a government employee for the correction of his date of birth and with that end in view it provides that a government servant whose date of birth may have been recorded in the service register in accordance with the rules applicable to him and if that entry had become final under the rules prior to the commencement of 1984 rules, he will not be entitled for alteration ..... of the tribunal saying that the claim of the respondent that his date of birth was november 27, 1938 instead of november 27, 1928 should not have been accepted on basis of the documents produced in support of the said claim, because the date of birth was recorded as per document produced by the said respondent at the time of his appointment and he had also put his signature in the service roll accepting his date ..... to suffer irreparable injury, inasmuch as, because of the correction of the date of birth, the officer concerned, continues in office, in some cases for years, within which time many officers who are below him in seniority waiting for their promotion, may loose the promotion ..... 1992(2)scale481 , rule 65 of the orissa general finance rules, was examined which provides that representation made for correction of date of birth near about the time of superannuation shall not .....

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Feb 09 2004 (SC)

State of Punjab and ors. Vs. S.C. Chadha

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2004(2)AWC1879(SC); (SCSuppl)2004(3)CHN14; [2004(102)FLR636]; 2004(3)MhLj688; (2004)2MLJ177(SC); 2004MPLJ134(SC); 2004(2)SCALE337; (2004)3SCC394; 2004(2)SLJ150(SC)

..... concerned had claimed correction of his date of birth with reference to the births and deaths register maintained under the births, deaths and marriage registration act, 1886. ..... the order of the tribunal saying that the claim of the respondent that his date of birth was november 27, 1938 instead of november 27, 1928 should not have been accepted on basis of the documents produced in support of the said claim, because the date of birth was recorded as per document produced by the said respondent at the time of his appointment and he had also put his signature in the service roll accepting his date ..... by this court:'the object underlying rule 4 is to avoid repeated applications by a government employee for the correction of his date of birth and with that end in view it provides that a government servant whose date of birth may have been recorded in the service register in accordance with the rules applicable to him and if that entry had become final under the rules prior to the commencement of 1984 rules, he will not be entitled for alteration ..... , after his initial appointment with punjab institute of textile technology he subsequently worked as a senior officer in several public sector undertakings like government industrial development cum service center textile, ludhiana, national ..... : 1992(2)scale481 , rule 65 of the orissa general finance rules, was examined which provides that representation made for correction of date of birth near about the time of superannuation shall not be .....

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Jul 19 2006 (SC)

State of Gujarat and ors. Vs. Vali Mohmed Dosabhai Sindhi

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2006SC2735; [2006(110)FLR891]; JT2006(6)SC468; 2006(7)SCALE206; (2006)6SCC537; 2006(2)LC1065(SC)

..... the public servant concerned had claimed correction of his date of birth with reference to the births and deaths register maintained under the births, deaths and marriages registration act, 1886. ..... this court set aside the order of the tribunal saying that the claim of the respondent that his date of birth was november 27, 1938 instead of november 27, 1928 should not have been accepted on basis of the documents produced in support of the said claim, because the date of birth was recorded as per document produced by the said respondent at the time of his appointment and he had also put his signature in the service roll accepting his date ..... some are likely to suffer irreparable injury, inasmuch as, because of the correction of the date of birth, the officer concerned, continues in office, in some cases for years, within which time many officers who are below him in seniority waiting for their promotion, may loose the promotion for ever. ..... v rangadhar mallik : 1992(2)scale481 , rule 65 of the orissa general finance rules, was examined which provides that representation made for correction of date of birth near about the time of superannuation shall not be entertained. ..... state of gujarat and inspector general of police, ahmedabad, and district superintendent of police, mehsana, call in question legality of the judgment rendered by a division bench of the gujarat high court dismissing the letters patent appeal filed by the appellant. .....

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Feb 02 1993 (HC)

K.M. Jariwala Vs. Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : (1993)2GLR1481; (1994)ILLJ735Guj

..... incidentally, it was further held that rule 5 could not be said to be repugnant section 9 of births, deaths and marriages registration act, 1886. ..... in the light of the sound and establishment practice and precedents of the company and the relevant records scrutinised by me, i have come to the conclusion that your date of birth (29th january, 1935) as indicated in the certificate dated 1st july, 1954 (which incidentally bears your signature as well issued by the secondary school certificate examination board, bombay evidencing your having passed the secondary ..... certificate, which was produced by the petitioner at the time of his appointment in the service of the respondent-corporation in 1971, and therefore, it was erroneous to contend that there was alteration in the said date of birth. ..... having received the reply dated 2-8-1988 (annexure 'e') the petitioner sought intervention of the higher authorities but the general manager by his communication dated 5-11-1990 (annexure 'f') rejected the petitioner's case. ..... wade points out : 'the doctrine that powers must be exercised reasonably has to be reconciled with the no less important doctrine that the court must not usurp the discretion of the public authority which parliament appointed to take the decision. ..... (mech), joined service of the respondent-corporation pursuant to the appointment order dated 24-2-1971. .....

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Apr 20 2001 (HC)

Surendra Dash Vs. Laxmidhar Sahoo and anr.

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 92(2001)CLT114

..... with the aforesaid contention of the appellant looked into the provision of the births, deaths and marriages registration act, 1886 (in short 'the 1886 act') more specifically sections 9 and 28 thereof and observed that section 9 prescribes that a copy of the entry made in the birth or death register is admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving the birth, death or marriage, as the case may be; that even though such an entry is ..... or cancellation of entry in the register of births and deaths--if it is proved to the satisfaction of the registrar that any entry of a birth or death in any register kept by him under this act is erroneous in form or substance, or has been fraudulently or improperly made, he may, subject to such rules as may be made by the state government with respect of the condition on which and the circumstances in which such entries may ..... and documentary evidence on record and considering the rival contentions of the parties, held that the election petitioner was found to have successfully established beyond any reasonable doubt that a son was born to the appellant's wife anita dash on 2-6-1996 and, therefore, the appellant had incurred disqualification for election as a councillor in view of the provisions of section 16(1)(xvii) of the act, and ..... the dispute is an industrial dispute arising out of a right or liability under the general or common law and not under the act, the jurisdiction of the civil court is alternative, leaving it to the election of ..... office .....

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Oct 17 2007 (HC)

Vinayak S/O Narhari Kolshikwar Vs. the State of Maharashtra Through It ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2008(1)ALLMR716; 2008(1)BomCR126; 2008(2)MhLj179

..... that:in order to give presumptive value to the entries made in the register of birth, the condition specified under sub-section (1) of section 22 of the births, deaths and marriages registration act has necessarily to be satisfied. ..... any birth or death of which delayed information is given to the registrar after thirty days but within one year of its occurrence shall be registered only with the written permission of the prescribed authority and on payment of the prescribed fee and the production of an affidavit made before a notary public or any other office authorised ..... while considering the issue involving reference in relation to status claim made beyond the period of two years, or nearly 15 years after appointment of the petitioner in the said petition, has commented upon the decision rendered by the full bench in the case of prakash (cited ..... under section 22(1) of the said act, cannot be considered as a certificate issued under the provisions of the said act and any such certificate, therefore, will not carry presumptive value under section 114 of the evidence act.the division bench was considering the provisions of act 6 of 1886, whereas by virtue of provisions of act 18 of 1969, it is clarified that nothing in this act (i.e. ..... after petitioner has failed to establish his claim during the second ..... behalf of a pupil, who has left the school, as the same amounts not only to a change in the entries in the general register but also to a change in the school leaving certificate. .....

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Apr 19 2007 (HC)

Kakasaheb Shidu Mhaske, Indian Inhabitant Vs. the Municipal Corporatio ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2007(6)ALLMR320; 2007(5)BomCR366; [2007(114)FLR956]; 2007(4)MhLj837

..... of his date of birth with reference to the births and deaths register maintained under the births,deaths and marriages registration act, 1886. ..... court:the object underlying rule 4 is to avoid repeated applications by a government employee for the correction of his date of birth and with that end in view it provides that a government servant whose date of birth may have been recorded in the service register in accordance with the rules applicable to him and if that entry had become final under the rules prior to the commencement of 1984 rules, he will not be entitled for ..... petition filed by an employee of the government or its instrumentality towards the fag end of his service, seeking correction of his date of birth entered in his 'service and leave record or service register with an avowed object of continuing in service beyond the normal period of his retirement.the date of birth of the petitioner supplied by him to the respondents has been recorded in the service record of the petitioner at the commencement of the employment ..... public service commission for the post of ward officer (now designated as assistant commissioner) in the services of the first respondent as 'other backward class' candidate and was appointed to that post on 12th january, 1992 ..... doubt, under section 15 of the registration of births and deaths act, 1969, the competent authority has the discretion to correct and cancel the ..... the registrar for correction of the date of birth. ..... be governed by the general principles. .....

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