A two judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Abhishek Reddy on Tuesday dealt with a public interest litigation which sought no religion and no caste columns in the birth certificate.
The writ petition was filed by Swaroopa and David Ajjpagu, a city-based couple. The petitioners pointed out that they gave birth to a child on March 23, 2019, at Kothakota, Wanaparthy district, and approached the Kothakota municipal authorities for birth certificate and opted for such a document without religion or caste column in it.