Delhi HC Rejects Student’s Plea To Change Name In Records Maintained By CBSE [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has rejected a writ petition wherein a student sought a direction to the CBSE to change his name in all the records maintained by the Board, and to issue a fresh mark-sheet and certificate of Class-X Examination passed by the student in 2015.Aditya appeared for Class-X Board Examination conducted by the CBSE in March 2015, and. The Delhi High Court has rejected a writ petition wherein a student sought a direction to the CBSE to change his name in all the records maintained by the Board, and to issue a fresh mark-sheet and certificate of Class-X Examination passed by the student in 2015. A division bench comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal observed that as per the amended Bye-Law 69.1 dated 25.06.2015, a request for change in the name can be considered only where the change has been admitted by the court of law and notified in the government gazette before the declaration of the result of the candidate. As regards the contention that the amended Bye law could not be made applicable to the Aditya’s case since the said amendment was affected on 25.06.2015, after the declaration of his result on 28.05.2015, the court held that no rights had been accrued to Aditya, unless and until the change of name was notified in the official gazette.