Father's Name to Be Added in Birth Certificate of Child Conceived Through IVF When Parents Were Living Together: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court delivered an important judgment protecting the identity and dignity rights of a child by directing authorities to add the father's name in the birth certificate. The case was decided by Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan, who exercised the Court’s extraordinary powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to provide relief where no specific statutory provision existed. Background of the Dispute The case was filed by the…