Chennai: Coming
to the rescue of a girl student whose plea to use her stepfather’s
name in her passport was turned down, the Madras high court has
directed the authorities to receive the application and issue the
passport by using her stepfather’s name, to enable her admission to
an Astro Physics course in the National University of
Singapore.
After obtaining divorce, her mother got re-married. At the time of school admission, the stepfather’s name was given in the records. She completed her plus-two in a city school, which had an arrangement with the National University of Singapore to select meritorious candidates for placement in the university. She was provisionally selected for admission to the Astro Physics course.
The university would give admission slip only on production of the passport number. But her mother could not register the passport application online as her birth certificate reflected the name of her biological father and school records showed the name of her stepfather. Hence, her mother approached the passport officials, who informed her that there was a need for a court order to use the name of her stepfather in the passport.
Considering the fact that the petitioner’s educational prospects should not be affected, Justice M. Venugopal directed the RPO to receive the application and issue the passport by using the name of the petitioner’s stepfather.
creditshttp://www.deccanchronicle.com/130601/news-current-affairs/article/girl-can-use-stepfather-name-passport-hc
After obtaining divorce, her mother got re-married. At the time of school admission, the stepfather’s name was given in the records. She completed her plus-two in a city school, which had an arrangement with the National University of Singapore to select meritorious candidates for placement in the university. She was provisionally selected for admission to the Astro Physics course.
The university would give admission slip only on production of the passport number. But her mother could not register the passport application online as her birth certificate reflected the name of her biological father and school records showed the name of her stepfather. Hence, her mother approached the passport officials, who informed her that there was a need for a court order to use the name of her stepfather in the passport.
Considering the fact that the petitioner’s educational prospects should not be affected, Justice M. Venugopal directed the RPO to receive the application and issue the passport by using the name of the petitioner’s stepfather.
creditshttp://www.deccanchronicle.com/130601/news-current-affairs/article/girl-can-use-stepfather-name-passport-hc
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