‘Emotional distress not enough’: Court rejects divorce’s plea to drop father’s name from kids’ records

A local court rejected a divorced mother’s plea to replace her children’s father’s name with her own on official documents. The judge ruled that emotional distress or administrative inconvenience does not justify erasing a parent’s identity from public records. The court emphasized that such changes require legal declarations of disestablished paternity, remarriage, or adoption.

Sanjiv Bhatt moves Gujarat HC against framing of charges in 1990 custodial torture case

Dismissed IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, serving a life sentence, has approached the Gujarat High Court challenging a Jamnagar court’s order to frame charges in a 1990 custodial torture case. The sessions court quashed a previous discharge order, directing the JMFC to frame charges against Bhatt and two subordinates. The judge refused a stay, citing the case’s long duration.