When Madhurima went to the property registration office, the exercises Registrar told her, “You can’t write your name as Madhurima Banerjee d/o A. K. Banerjee. You are married, you must give your husband’s name. Your husband’s surname is Rao. So your name should be changed to Madhurima Rao.” She did not agree. She said, “If my husband’s name has not changed after marriage, why should mine?” In your opinion, who is right in this dispute? And why?
Social StudiesClass 9CBSEAnswered 27 Mar 2026
Answer
Madhurima is right. The registrar is violating her right to freedom. The question of choosing the surname of her husband or her father is totally Madhurima’s discretion. By insisting her to adapt to her husband’s surname, the registrar violated her right to choose and her right to privacy.
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