The Shillong Times: Shillong: Saturday, September 16, 2017.
The High
Court of Meghalaya has observed that regular monitoring by the Directorate of
Health Services and stern action against defaulting hospitals and erring staff
over anomalies in issuance of birth/death certificate is necessary.
The court on
Friday observed that after several orders in this matter, the Directorate of
Health Services has taken up the process of streamlining the registration of
birth and death.
However, the
court said regular monitoring on the part of the directorate and stern action
against the defaulting hospital/s and erring person/s is necessary.
“Having
regard to the circumstances, we defer consideration of this matter further
while expecting the Directorate to continue with its monitoring in an
appropriate manner and to file a fresh affidavit specifying the steps taken,”
it said.
The matter
has been listed after eight weeks.
A law student
Aneeta Synrem of Polo Hills had filed a PIL seeking the intervention of the
High Court following the findings of RTI query which revealed that as many as
58,716 birth certificates and 2115 death certificates were issued from January
1, 2010, to September 22, 2015, by different registrars of births and deaths
under East Khasi Hills on the basis of court order.
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