Woman moves HC to remove ‘Baby’ from birth certificate

Geeta Patel, a 50-year-old woman from Gujarat, has approached the high court to correct her birth certificate, which mistakenly mentions her name as ‘Baby’. Geeta has provided several identity documents to prove her real name, but her requests for an updated birth certificate were ignored for months. Her lawyer argued that ‘Baby’ was just a gender marker and not a name. The court has instructed the authorities to decide on Geeta’s application within a month.