Yes, single parents can adopt. A single male can adopt a boy but not a girl (Regulation 5(2) of Adoption Regulations 2017).
Birth or death certificate can be obtained after the registration by submitting an application on plain paper to the concerned area Registrar/Sub-Registrar giving following details:
Date of Birth/Death
Sex i.e. Male or Female
Place of Birth/Death
Name of hospital/nursing home/medical institutions
Residential address in case of domicialry birth/death
Father's Name
vMother's NameThe Office of Chief Registrar (B&D) does not issue any birth & death certificate but issue certified copy of English translated birth & death certificates.
Owning 2 Driving License is an Offence by law. So even if you have lost in your Old driving License, its not cancelled in RTO Records by itself. A DL Holder can only apply for new license only when the previous one is either expired or cancelled or NOC Obtained from the original RTO where Original DL was issued.
In case of lost passport, you need to apply for re-issue of passport. Following documents required:
1.Proof of Present Address
2. Proof of Date of Birth
3. Affidavit stating how and where the passport got lost/damaged (Annexure 'F')
4. Police report in original
5. Self-attested photocopy of first two and last two pages, including ECR/Non-ECR page of old passport, if available.