Landmark judgment by the Himachal Pradesh High Court under the bench of Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua: Children born of an invalid marriage have the right to get their birth registered. This case is another reminder of the constitutional principle of equality and non-discrimination with an attempt to protect all the children's identity and rights irrespective of the marital status of their parents.In our case under review, the local authorities would not accept the petitioner due to a mismatch between that relationship between the petitioner's two parents and what was legally defined by law as forming a family, namely what constituted a legal marriage between them. Rejection as such becomes an issue upon recognition by the law and public in general over a child: an important source of pressure upon accessing various services. Justice Rewal Dua observed that de-nosing birth registration of children belonging to invalid marriages violates elementary rights guaranteed in the Constitution of India. The court relied on Article 14, which prescribes the principle of equality before law, and Article 21, which grants the fundamental right to life and human dignity. The judge stressed that these are "human beings" who must also be recognized on the document to prevent them from being condemned by fate. Further, the court emphasized the greater implications denied birth registration brings to this case. In essence, a child who remains without recognition may face restraints in accessing primary education and health care, as well as all other public goods and services. Birth registration is of huge importance for identity and to establish nationality, and more critically, to give them an identity of national origin. That further places the child into continuing cycles of exclusion and disenfranchisement. Justice Dua relied on progressive interpretations to harmonize with the international commitments that India ratified, such as the UNCRC, where it is ratified that every child has an entitlement for an immediate registration in birth and an identity. In light of this, the High Court directed the local authority to carry out the petitioner's application without prejudice of any form toward the circumstances under which the child was born. The court ordered a result of immediate registration toward having the right of a child to his or her identity and its legal recognition observed. This landmark judgment further strengthens the proposition that a child's rights cannot be overridden by the judgments of the society in the matter of the legality of his or her parents' marriage. Observations of Justice Dua do resonate well with the emerging recognition within Indian jurisprudence of the superior claims of child welfare and rights over the conventional norms and discriminatory attitudes.