Birth certificate issued matter

591 votes

Under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, every birth should be registered with the local registrar. While hospitals are required to report births, if the hospital is unregistered and uncooperative, parents can assume responsibility for the registration. Recent amendments to the Act mandate timely reporting and support electronic record maintenance, easing the process even in complex cases.

If the hospital is unregistered, you should approach your local municipal or panchayat office with any documents provided by the hospital, even if they lack a registration number. Explain the situation to the registrar, and they may ask for an affidavit or witness statements as proof of birth. In cases where the birth is not reported within one year, you may also need to seek a delayed registration order from the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), which allows the registration to proceed legally. The SDM may require additional documentation, such as affidavits, doctor’s statements, or other evidence, to verify the birth details.

Escalating the issue to the local health authority that oversees hospital compliance may also help, as they can address the hospital’s non-compliance and assist in obtaining any necessary documentation for the delayed registration.

Advocate Rohan Venkatesh Yemul LawRato

848 votes

Well, you can file a case against such Hospital, that, how it was doing delivery of Babies without having valid licence from Government. This is mockery of the Indian Laws. Strict Action needs to be taken against such Hospitals in India not following Indian Laws by cancelling their Licences to operate as Hospitals. As far as Birth Certificate is concerned, you can get it easily by just disclosing the location, where the child was born by communicating such in a prescribed format to the Registrar of Births

Advocate Pankaj Bajaj LawRato