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CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Kausik Chanda, J
PRANAB CHATTERJEE – Appellant
Versus
KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION – Respondent
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| 1. birth details of minor child and parentage (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. petition aims to change surname and father's name in birth records (Para 4 , 5) |
| 3. opposition from the municipal corporation regarding authority for changes (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 4. authority granted for name changes under specific statutory provisions (Para 10 , 11) |
| 5. interpretation of statutory provisions allowing name changes flexibly (Para 12 , 13) |
| 6. final ruling permitting name changes to proceed (Para 15 , 16 , 17) |
Hearing concluded on : 01.05.2025 Judgment on : 16.05.2025 Kausik Chanda, J.:-
The child, Akash Sarkar, was born on December 8, 2010, to petitioner no. 2 and respondent no. 6 during the subsistence of their marriage. However, the marriage between petitioner no. 2 and respondent no. 6 was dissolved by a decree of divorce passed by a competent civil court on September 8, 2016. Subsequently, petitioner no. 2 entered into a second marriage with petitioner no. 1 on March 11, 2020.
2. It has been submitted that petitioner no. 2 and respondent no. 6 have been living separately since 2010, and that the child has been raised solely by petitioner no. 2 and after her remarriage, the child has been join
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