In addition to the row created by the KBC programme regarding displaying of pro-abortion board, the programme committed another blunder in the 19th August telecast when on the request of a participant (Khushbu Singh), Amitabh Bachchan wrote in his own hand the proposed name of a little girl in her birth certificate which was issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths. He should have known that he was not authorised to make any entry in a legal document of permanent value. The birth and death certificates are issued under a provision of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act of 1969 and the name of the unnamed child can be added under Section 14 of the Act. The act in the telecast has sent a wrong signal to millions of viewers who would take the liberty of making alterations in such documents. There is an urgent need of corrective action in this matter.
R.K Bhatia
New Delhi