India, Sept. 16 -- Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has directed the State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) to reconsider a petitioner's request for a change of name in his educational qualification certificates, overturning the Board's earlier rejection.
Justice Sanjay Dhar, delivering the judgment, ruled that the right to change one's name is protected under Articles 19(a) and 21 of the Constitution of India. The court relied on the Supreme Court's landmark judgment in Jigya Yadav (Minor) through Guardian Hari Singh v. Central Board of Secondary Education and Ors (2021), which established that an individual has complete control over their name as an essential aspect of identity.
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