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Mother's Day is celebrated every year in the month of May. But this time Mother's Day is being celebrated from the month of March itself. Calling it an issue of social importance, Delhi High Court has ruled to make mother's name mandatory on students' documents. The Maharashtra government has taken a big decision to write the mother's name, then the father's name and surname after the child's name on all government documents.
Decision taken to include father's name along with mother's name on degree certificate
Maharashtra government on Monday decided to make mother's name mandatory in government documents like birth certificate, school marksheet-certificate, property document, Aadhar card, PAN card etc. Delhi High Court has decided to include the name of the mother along with the father on the degree certificate of the students.
First your name, mother's name, then father's name and surname.
Children born on or after May 1, 2014 in Maharashtra will have to give their first name, then mother's first name and then father's first name and surname. In case of married women, the practice of writing the husband's first name and surname after the woman's name will continue. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has given this information through his social media account 'X'. The Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Ministers also shared the photo of the name plate bearing their mother's name.
This rule will be applicable from 01 May 2024
This decision of the cabinet will come into effect from 01 May 2024. The government said people born on or after May 1 will have to register their names in this format for school, exam certificates, salary slips and income documents. Apart from this, the Health Department has been asked to discuss with the Center whether the mother's name can also be included in the birth or death registration. The Department of Women and Child Development had earlier said that the decision could be seen as a step towards recognizing the important role of mothers as fathers are predominantly named in government documents.
Delhi High Court's decision
A day before this, the Delhi High Court, while hearing the petition of a law student, had said that while the name of the guardian is written on the educational certificates and degrees, the name of the mother should also be written. Justice C Hari Shankar said that just as a daughter and a son are entitled to equal recognition as children of a couple, mother and father should also be equally entitled to recognition as parents of the child . There is no need for any debate on this.
The student approached the court after her mother's name was not there on the degree.
In fact, when a law student of Delhi's Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University did not see her mother's name on her degree, she approached the Delhi High Court. Petitioner Ritika Prasad, a law graduate, said she had taken admission in the BA LLB court five years ago. When the course was completed and the degree was awarded, only the father's name was written on it, not the mother's. Ritika said that the name of both mother and father should be there on the degree.
