Child raised by mother alone cannot be forced to carry father’s surname or caste, says Bombay HC
A child raised exclusively by her mother cannot be compelled to carry her father’s name, surname and caste merely because a format once demanded it, the Bombay High Court has said while permitting a girl to change her name and caste in school records. Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Hiten Venegavkar of the Aurangabad bench said…