Foster Parents’ Names Allowed in Birth Certificate, Right to Identity Recognised: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court delivered an important judgment protecting the identity and dignity rights of a woman who was raised by her foster parents since childhood. The Court held that a person has a fundamental right to be identified with the family that actually raised and cared for them, even if there was no formal adoption under the law. The judgment was passed by Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy in the…