Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Madhya Pradesh High Court Reopens Monalisa Bhosle Birth-Date Dispute
Monalisa Bhosle became known as the “Kumbh girl” during Mahakumbh 2025.
Her official documents listed her birthday as January 1, 2008.
Her father later said hospital records showed she was born on December 30, 2009.
A municipal officer changed the date to the earlier birth date.
Monalisa and her partner challenged that change.
They said she had not been properly told about the decision or allowed to respond.
The High Court agreed that an affected person must be heard before such an important change is made.
The court cancelled the correction for now and ordered a fresh decision after hearing Monalisa.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside Monalisa Bhosle’s birth-date correction order.
The court said Bhosle was not given an effective opportunity to be heard.
The correction changed her recorded birth date from January 1, 2008, to December 30, 2009.
The case followed Bhosle’s marriage to her co-actor in Kerala on March 11, 2026.
The Maheshwar chief municipal officer must reconsider the application after hearing Bhosle.
- Who
- Monalisa Bhosle, her father, her partner, and the Maheshwar municipal authority are involved; the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the ruling.
- What
- The court set aside an order correcting Bhosle’s recorded date of birth and ordered the application to be reconsidered.
- When
- Bhosle’s birth certificate was issued on June 5, 2025; she married on March 11, 2026; the correction order was dated March 31.
- Where
- The ruling came from the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, concerning the Maheshwar municipal authority.
- Why
- The court found that Bhosle had not been given an effective opportunity to be heard before the correction was made.
Bhosle’s Challenge
Authority’s Position
Whether the correction was procedurally fair
Bhosle’s Challenge
Bhosle and her partner argued that the date was changed without giving her notice or an opportunity to respond.
Authority’s Position
The respondents maintained that the correction was lawful and based on contemporaneous Community Health Centre records.
Who needed to be heard
Bhosle’s Challenge
Bhosle argued that she was personally affected because the change could alter her civil rights and should therefore have been heard.
Authority’s Position
The authority notified her father, but the court held that informing him alone was insufficient for an affected person.
Effect of the changed date
Bhosle’s Challenge
Bhosle’s side challenged a change that would postpone her majority by nearly two years and affect voting, banking, contracts, and marriage-related choices.
Authority’s Position
The respondents relied on the hospital-related records supporting December 30, 2009, as the correct date.
- Original recorded birth date
- January 1, 2008
- Proposed corrected birth date
- December 30, 2009
- Birth certificate issued
- June 5, 2025
- Marriage date
- March 11, 2026, in Kerala
- Correction order
- Issued by the municipal authority and dated March 31
- Court direction
- The chief municipal officer, Maheshwar, must decide the father’s application afresh after hearing Bhosle
- Legal principle
- Audi alteram partem, requiring an affected person to be heard