80-year-old woman approaches Delhi HC seeks change of her name
The petitioner said that in 1999 she had opened bank accounts and invested in equity shares and mutual funds in her former name - Shashi Sood. After she has changed the name to Prabha Sood,
New Delhi: An 80-year old woman has approached the Delhi High Court seeking a change of her name in the official gazette of India.
Petitioner Prabha Sood, resident of Hoshiarpur, Punjab has filed the petition before the Delhi High Court, due to the non-availability of a photo identify card, she is unable to use her savings and investments.
Justice V Kameswar Rao directed the petitioner to file an affidavit and certificate issued earlier by the authorities. Court has adjourned the hearing to April 12.
She had submitted an application, registered with the Department of Publication, Delhi in a prescribed format attaching all the necessary documents to publish that she had changed her name from Shashi Prabha Sood to Prabha Sood. But the bank has not accepted the same. Now she approached the Delhi High Court.
The petitioner’s counsel argued that the petitioner is an 80 years old woman. She was born in 1941 and married to Ram Prakash Sood in 1963. Her husband died in 2009. She has no photo identity proof and bank officials are asking for it for the purpose of the bank account.
The petitioner said that in 1999 she had opened bank accounts and invested in equity shares and mutual funds in her former name - Shashi Sood. After she has changed the name to Prabha Sood, but same has not been declared in the official gazette of India.
