#Gujarat HC

The Gujarat High Court has ruled that registrars under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1969, have a non-discretionary duty to correct substantive errors in birth certificates upon submission of affidavits from two credible persons. This clarifies that administrative authorities cannot evade their statutory obligations by directing applicants to file writ petitions - reinforcing accountability in civil registration systems.

Gujarat HC holds that demanding pre-1950 documents from applicants of another state for Scheduled Caste certification violates Article 14 when the caste is already recognized by state resolution. The ruling reinforces that administrative arbitrariness in caste verification undermines constitutional guarantees of social justice and sets a binding precedent for uniform certification standards.