Chandigarh, Feb. 9 -- The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has sought a report from the chief registrar of births and deaths and director general of health services to simplify the process of adding the surname to the birth certificate of an individual.

HHRC chairperson justice (retd) Lalit Batra has asked the authorities to depute an officer to appear before the commission on March 21 to take the matter to its logical end.

In his complaint, a state resident said the process for adding a surname to a birth certificate should be simplified, emphasising hardships faced by citizens. The complainant said his daughter's birth certificate mentioned only her first name, Tejaswini but since a surname is now essential for official document...