The birthdate shown in Aadhar, PAN card, school leaving certificate and other govt documents used for identification won’t be the ultimate proof, but your birth certificate, Gujarat High Court said on Monday.

The court stated that the birth date recorded in the birth and death register would be considered the correct, verified birthdate of an individual.

This observation by the court would prevent changes in the birthdate by an individual based on other identification documents such as Aadhar, PAN, and the school leaving certificate.

The High Court bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agrawal and Justice Pranav Trivedi rejected a plea to change the birthdate  in the birth certificate.

The court stated that with other documents, the date of birth is entered by the individuals, whereas the birth certificate has the date submitted by the hospital, making it a trustworthy source of verification.

The plea was filed by an individual demanding a change in the birth certificate, stating that the birthdate in other documents were different from the one in their birth certificate.

Opposing that, AMC argued that under the provision of Birth and Death Act 1969, changes in the birth certificate are non-permissible, and the records in the birth certificate also match with the records provided by the hospital authority. 

The applicant had also made a previous plea in the high court, which was rejected by a single judge. Listening to all parties, the bench rejected the plea on Monday, upholding the judgment by the single judge bench.