{"id":2606,"date":"2009-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-sathyan-vs-the-secretary-on-5-november-2009"},"modified":"2014-01-28T05:49:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T00:19:23","slug":"k-sathyan-vs-the-secretary-on-5-november-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-sathyan-vs-the-secretary-on-5-november-2009","title":{"rendered":"K.Sathyan vs The Secretary on 5 November, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">K.Sathyan vs The Secretary on 5 November, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 8448 of 2009(A)\n\n\n1. K.SATHYAN, \"OM NIVAS\", H.NO.92,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE SECRETARY, AZHIYOOR GRAMA PANCHAYATH\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, AZHIYOOR VILLAGE,\n\n3. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER,\n\n4. THE REGISTRAR OF BIRTH AND DEATHS,\n\n5. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.CIBI THOMAS\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.R.PARTHASARATHY\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN\n\n Dated :05\/11\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, J.\n                      -------------------------------------\n                      W.P(C).No.8448 OF 2009\n                      -------------------------------------\n               Dated this the 5th day of November, 2009\n\n                             J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>      The petitioner&#8217;s wife, going by the materials on record,<\/p>\n<p>committed suicide . The police were aware of that and occurrence<\/p>\n<p>report was recorded. It appears that the Sub Inspector of Police<\/p>\n<p>failed to inform the Registrar of Birth and Death regarding that death.<\/p>\n<p>Later, when the petitioner applied for issuance of death certificate,<\/p>\n<p>the Registrar took the stand that the death of his wife is not<\/p>\n<p>registered and because there is delay in registering, the procedure<\/p>\n<p>under Section 13(3) of the Registration of Birth and Death Act, 1969,<\/p>\n<p>has to be followed on payment of the prescribed fee. Going by<\/p>\n<p>Exts.P1,P2 and P3, the S.I. of police, quite candidly, states that there<\/p>\n<p>was omission on the part of the police authorities to report the death<\/p>\n<p>to the registering authority.      The statute in hand enjoins duty on<\/p>\n<p>different officers, to report the death to the register of births and<\/p>\n<p>deaths when such death is within their official knowledge. This is<\/p>\n<p>how Section 10 and other provisions of Act have to be understood<\/p>\n<p>and construed having regard to the object sought to be achieved by<\/p>\n<p>W.P.(C) No.8448\/2009<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                    2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>that piece of legislation. Therefore, all that is required at this point of<\/p>\n<p>time is a modification of the interim order issued on 1.6.2009<\/p>\n<p>directing issuance of death certificate by recording the death of the<\/p>\n<p>wife of the petitioner. If orders of the Magistrate is required in terms<\/p>\n<p>of Section 13(3) that shall also be got issued by the officials without<\/p>\n<p>insisting on fee being paid by the petitioner since the police had<\/p>\n<p>failed to report the death. The RDO shall forthwith decide on the<\/p>\n<p>application and intimate its decision to the concerned Panchayat<\/p>\n<p>authority to register the death of the wife of the petitioner. This shall<\/p>\n<p>be done within a period of three weeks unless already done.<\/p>\n<p>       The Writ Petition is ordered accordingly.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                  THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN,<br \/>\n                                                     Judge<br \/>\nps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court K.Sathyan vs The Secretary on 5 November, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 8448 of 2009(A) 1. K.SATHYAN, &#8220;OM NIVAS&#8221;, H.NO.92, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE SECRETARY, AZHIYOOR GRAMA PANCHAYATH &#8230; Respondent 2. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, AZHIYOOR VILLAGE, 3. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, 4. 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