Thirteen-Day-Old Manji Yamada’s family said they were expecting her birth certificate on Friday since an application for the same had already been submitted with the Anand municipality in Gujarat on Thursday.
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The birth certificate may be Manji’s ticket back to her father Dr Yukufusi Yamada in Japan. However, this is possible only if there is cooperation between the Government of India, which has to issue travel documents, and Japanese embassy, which has to grant the visa.
Supreme Court advocate Indira Jaisingh, counsel for the Yamada family, said, “The birth certificate will establish Dr Yamada as the father, following which the Government of India can grant the travel documents. The Japanese embassy needs to grant a visa.” She added that according to the law, Manji would not be an Indian citizen, as neither of her parents is an Indian.
“The father, Dr Yamada is a Japanese citizen, while technically her maternal line cannot be proven. So she cannot be issued a passport,” Jaisingh said.
Dr Sanjay Arya, director of Arya Hospital in Jaipur where Manji is staying with her grandmother Emiko, said there would be no need to move court. “Since Dr Yamada and Emiko were present at the time of her birth, Dr Yamada is the father and Emiko the natural guardian,” Dr Arya said.
Legal experts predict minor hiccups before Manji can be reunited with her father. “The only issue could be the Government of India or the Japanese embassy insisting on proof of parentage. This can be substantiated with a DNA test,” Jaisingh said.
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