Child has right to use mother's surname: Delhi High Court
New Delhi: A father does not own the daughter to dictate terms and every child has a right to use his or her mother's surname, the Delhi High Court Friday observed.
The court's observation came while hearing a plea by a minor girl's father seeking direction to the authorities to reflect his name as his daughter's surname in the documents and not her mother's name.
Justice Rekha Palli, however, declined to pass such a direction and said, A father does not own the daughter to dictate that she should use only his surname. If the minor daughter is happy with her surname, what is your problem?
The court said every child has a right to use his/her mother's surname if he/she wishes to.
During the hearing, the man's counsel submitted that his daughter is minor and cannot decide such issues on her own and that the child's surname was changed by his estranged wife.
He claimed that the change in name will make it difficult to avail insurance claims from the insurance firm as the policy was taken in the name of the girl with her father's surname.
The court, which declined to allow the plea, disposed of the petition with a liberty to the man to approach his daughter's school to show his name as the father.
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Trump says EU has until July 4 to approve last year's trade deal or it will face higher tariffs
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump has said in a social media post that goods from the European Union would face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year's trade framework by July 4.
The announcement on Thursday appeared to be a deadline extension after the president said last Friday that EU autos would face a higher 25 per cent tariff starting this week. Trump made the updated announcement after what he described as a "great call" with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Still, the US president was displeased that the European Parliament had yet to finalize the trade arrangement reached last year, which was further complicated in February by the US Supreme Court ruling that Trump lacked the legal authority to declare an economic emergency to impose the initial tariffs used to pressure the EU into talks.
"A promise was made that the EU would deliver their side of the Deal and, as per Agreement, cut their Tariffs to ZERO!" Trump posted. "I agreed to give her until our Country's 250th Birthday or, unfortunately, their Tariffs would immediately jump to much higher levels."
It was unclear from the post whether Trump was implying that the tariff rates would jump on all EU goods or the increase would only apply to autos.
His latest statement indicates he might be backing away from his earlier threat on EU autos by giving the European Parliament several more weeks to approve the agreement.
Under the original terms of the framework, the US would charge a 15 per cent tax on most goods imported from the EU.
But since the Supreme Court ruling, the administration has levied a 10 per cent tariff while investigating trade imbalances and national security issues, aiming to put in new tariffs to make up for lost revenues.
