The process of adoption has to be transparent. It should ensure welfare of the child: SC
9 years ago

The process of adoption has to be transparent. It should ensure welfare of the child: SC

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and states to frame requisite rules, regulations and guidelines under the new law to ensure welfare and interest of kids in case of their intra-country or inter-country adoption. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and states to frame requisite rules, regulations and guidelines under the new law to ensure welfare and interest of kids in case of their intra-country or inter-country adoption. The bench, also comprising Justices R Banumathi and UU Lalit, refused to order CBI probe into the alleged ongoing adoption racket in the country and asked NGO Advait Foundation, which had filed the PIL in 2012, to come out with “specific allegations in specific cases”. The bench rejected the submission that the PIL be kept pending further to ensure compliance of the legal provisions and asked the Centre and all states to frame the model rules, regulations and guidelines under the new law to ensure that the interest of children is safeguarded in adoptions.

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Biological parent’s consent needed for adoption of child by step-parent: Kerala High Court
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Biological parent’s consent needed for adoption of child by step-parent: Kerala High Court

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court has held that adoption of a child by his/her step-parent cannot be permitted as long as the biological parent does not give consent for the adoption. Dias made the ruling on Wednesday while dismissing a petition filed by a re-married woman seeking to relax the stipulation of obtaining consent from her former husband for adopting the …

Merely Submitting Adoption Plea Wouldn't Confer Any Rights To Unilaterally Take Child's Custody Without Following Procedure: Madras HC
2 months, 1 week ago

Merely Submitting Adoption Plea Wouldn't Confer Any Rights To Unilaterally Take Child's Custody Without Following Procedure: Madras HC

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has observed that merely submitting an application seeking adoption of a child would not confer any rights on the parties concerned to take custody of the child unilaterally without "scrupulously" following the due procedure. “Mere submission of an application seeking an adoption would not confer any right to take custody of a child unilaterally and declare …

Child-selling racket: Child Welfare Committee declares rescued children to be free for adoption
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Child-selling racket: Child Welfare Committee declares rescued children to be free for adoption

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Child Welfare Committee of Medchal-Malkajgiri district in Telangana has declared 15 children who were rescued by police from a child-selling racket busted earlier this year as 'Legally Free for Adoption '. Official sources on Wednesday said the Committee decided the children to be LFA as per Section 38 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 as their biological parents …

Telangana HC Directs CWC to Decide on Kids’ Custody
4 months ago

Telangana HC Directs CWC to Decide on Kids’ Custody

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the child welfare committee to issue orders expeditiously to decide who has to take care of the 15 children placed in its custody — the biological parents or those who adopted the infants. The court also directed the authorities to decide on the applications filed by adoptive parents seeking adoption of the children within …

Rights Of Adopted Children Of Citizens Can't Be Marooned: Karnataka HC Directs CARA To Consider Granting NOC For Child Adopted From Non-Hague Convention Country
1 year ago

Rights Of Adopted Children Of Citizens Can't Be Marooned: Karnataka HC Directs CARA To Consider Granting NOC For Child Adopted From Non-Hague Convention Country

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Central Adoption Resource Authority to consider the representation of a couple who are Indian Citizens and have adopted a child in Uganda, a country which is not a signatory to the Hague Convention 1995 and seeking to legalise the adoption in India in terms of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and the Adoption Regulations …

States Are In Prima Facie Violation Of Directions Issued For Exepditing Adoption Process : Supreme Court Gives Last Chance To Comply
1 year ago

States Are In Prima Facie Violation Of Directions Issued For Exepditing Adoption Process : Supreme Court Gives Last Chance To Comply

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, while hearing a PIL to simplify adoption procedures, observed that the States are prima facie in breach of the previous directions to expedite the adoption process. In view of this, the Court gave the States one last opportunity to comply with the directions, failing which the Court may resort to coercive proceedings. In the previous order, the …

All about CARA, India’s adoption regulation body | Explained
1 year, 4 months ago

All about CARA, India’s adoption regulation body | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: To adopt a child, India’s almost 30,000 prospective parents wait for an average of three years. CARA is the nodal body regulating the adoption of “orphaned, surrendered and abandoned children” in India. Adoption agencies urged the court to review the regime, “with a particular reference to the CARA’s status and functioning and the procedural hindrances to …

SC flags issue of delay in child adoption process
1 year, 5 months ago

SC flags issue of delay in child adoption process

The Hindu  

Terming child adoption a "human thing", the Supreme Court on Friday flagged the issue of "great delay" in the process and said several children are awaiting adoption in hope of a better life. Chandrachud, which was hearing two pleas including one seeking to simplify the legal process for child adoption in India, said the petitioners have said this process has …

“We Have Not Stayed Adoptions”: Bombay High Court Clarifies, Court To Continue Hearing Matters
1 year, 9 months ago

“We Have Not Stayed Adoptions”: Bombay High Court Clarifies, Court To Continue Hearing Matters

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court clarified on Friday that it hadn’t stalled any adoptions and all procedures should continue as they were before the Juvenile Justice Amendment 2021. Civil courts dealing with adoptions must continue to do so till final disposal of this matter on July 7.” After an intervenor pointed out that several matters had already been transferred to the …

Now, adopting a child becomes easier in Chandigarh
1 year, 10 months ago

Now, adopting a child becomes easier in Chandigarh

Hindustan Times  

Adopting a child in Chandigarh has now become a step easier with the UT administration notifying the Chandigarh Juvenile Justice Amendment Rules, 2023. The Chandigarh administration has adopted the amendments in the Juvenile Justice Model Rules, 2016, notified by the central government in September 2022. The department will soon be appointing an officer to address queries of parents who want …

Supreme Court Allows Woman Who Sought Abortion To Give Child For Adoption To A Couple Registered With CARA
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Allows Woman Who Sought Abortion To Give Child For Adoption To A Couple Registered With CARA

Live Law  

In a plea filed by a 21-year old unmarried woman seeking permission to terminate a 29-week pregnancy, the Supreme Court of India, while noting that the petitioner in question had agreed to give birth to the child and place the child for adoption, asked AIIMS to take all necessary precautions in the interest of the safety and health of the …

Delhi High Court Paves Way For Inter Country Adoption By Foreign Couple, Orders Expeditious Completion Of Legal Formalities
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi High Court Paves Way For Inter Country Adoption By Foreign Couple, Orders Expeditious Completion Of Legal Formalities

Live Law  

Paving way for an inter country adoption by a foreign couple, the Delhi High Court on Friday directed the authorities to expeditiously conclude all legal formalities relating to adoption of a minor child with special needs, who was found abandoned in October 2019 in a cremation ground. The bench observed that undisputedly no reservation came to be made by a …

'Young Couples Can't Be Made To Wait 3-4 Years To Adopt': Supreme Court Asks Centre To Simplify Adoption Process
2 years, 7 months ago

'Young Couples Can't Be Made To Wait 3-4 Years To Adopt': Supreme Court Asks Centre To Simplify Adoption Process

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday highlighted that asking young couples made to wait three to four to adopt a child is not correct and that the adoption process in India needs a reconsideration. While considering a plea moved by a society, the Temple of Healing seeking to simplify the adoption process in India, Justices DY Chandrachud, AS Bopanna and JB …

Finding a home: The Hindu Editorial on India’s adoption policy
2 years, 7 months ago

Finding a home: The Hindu Editorial on India’s adoption policy

The Hindu  

Policy intervention without knowledge of the ground realities often ends up as an exercise in self-gratification for those in authority and results in little or no benefit for the intended target group. Whether the recent recommendation of a parliamentary panel to bring more abandoned children into the adoption process will fulfil these parameters is an issue that warrants further discussion. …

Explained | What are adoption rules in India
2 years, 11 months ago

Explained | What are adoption rules in India

The Hindu  

A total of 3,559 children were adopted in India between April 2020 and March 2021, as per official adoption data. The JJ Act also allows the adoption of same-sex children — parents of a biological or adopted child can adopt another child of the same sex. A database of children and registration of prospective parents is done on a centralised …

Child welfare council lacks statutory recognition, says family court
3 years ago

Child welfare council lacks statutory recognition, says family court

The Hindu  

The legality of adoptions facilitated by the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare, Thiruvananthapuram, has come under cloud, with a court ruling that the agency lacked the mandatory recognition for facilitating adoptions. It was while considering the recent adoption procedures initiated by the Council in the case of four abandoned children that the court issued the order. In its order …

Child welfare is supreme in custody cases, says Supreme Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Child welfare is supreme in custody cases, says Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that in matters involving the custody of a minor child having foreign citizenship, the predominant right of child welfare can’t be weighed against the rights of parents who involved in a dispute over the repatriation of the child. “The issue regarding custody of a minor child and the issue of the repatriation of …

Family Court With Territorial Jurisdiction Is The Competent Authority To Give A Child In Adoption : Kerala High Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Family Court With Territorial Jurisdiction Is The Competent Authority To Give A Child In Adoption : Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has recently laid down that the Family Court with the respective territorial jurisdiction is empowered to give a child in adoption.After perusing the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015, the 2014 Rules framed thereunder and the Adoption Regulations 2017, Justice M.R. The Kerala High Court has recently laid down that the Family Court with the …

What the Kerala adoption row says about gaps in the system
3 years, 4 months ago

What the Kerala adoption row says about gaps in the system

Live Mint  

Over the past few weeks, an unusual case has been playing out in the Kerala courts—Anupama Chandran, the daughter of a local CPIM leader in Thiruvananthapuram, has alleged that her parents put up her child, born in October 2020, for adoption without her consent. In earlier years, when I started out as a reporter, many orphanages and nursing homes “gave …

Inter-Country Adoptions: Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Submit its Report On A Permanent Mechanism To Deal With Inter-Country Adoptions
3 years, 6 months ago

Inter-Country Adoptions: Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Submit its Report On A Permanent Mechanism To Deal With Inter-Country Adoptions

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India to file a report before it regarding the manner and mode of creating a permanent mechanism to deal with inter-country adoptions under Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, both direct and indirect, within a period of two months.In order to ensure the welfare of …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To CARA On OCI Couple's Plea Seeking Parity With Domestic/ NRI Couples For Child Adoption
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To CARA On OCI Couple's Plea Seeking Parity With Domestic/ NRI Couples For Child Adoption

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a writ petition filed by an OCI couple, stating that despite having registered with CARA for adoption of a child in 2018, they have not received any referral till date; whereas applicants who registered subsequently have already received referrals.The Petitioners apprehend that CARA is not following. The Delhi High Court has issued …

Indian Adoption Laws: Endless Wait For Children Orphaned During Pandemic
3 years, 9 months ago

Indian Adoption Laws: Endless Wait For Children Orphaned During Pandemic

Live Law  

The COVID 19 has given birth to the issue of legal adoption of the large number of children orphaned due to the pandemic, and protection of such orphaned and/or abandoned children from child trafficking and flesh trade. The upper age limit of a child to be adopted under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 is 15 years, and under …

Stop Illegal Adoption Of Children Orphaned By COVID; Public Advertisements Unlawful : Supreme Court
3 years, 9 months ago

Stop Illegal Adoption Of Children Orphaned By COVID; Public Advertisements Unlawful : Supreme Court

Live Law  

Expressing concerns about the illegal adoption of children orphaned by COVID-19, the Supreme Court has directed State Governments and Union Territories to act against NGOs which are indulging in illegal adoption. Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for the National Council for the Protection of Child Rights, submitted before the court that certain unscrupulous organizations and individuals are indulging in …

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Directions To Centre To Form Uniform National Level Policy To Protects Legal And Fundamental Rights Of Orphans
3 years, 10 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Directions To Centre To Form Uniform National Level Policy To Protects Legal And Fundamental Rights Of Orphans

Live Law  

While highlighting the economic and social hardship faced by orphans, a PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions to Centre to prepare a uniform national level policy to deal with the legal and fundamental rights of the orphaned.According to the petitioner, the orphans have been overlooked and ignored and have been deprived of the rights which are …

The pandemic orphans: What can be done to ensure they are looked after
3 years, 10 months ago

The pandemic orphans: What can be done to ensure they are looked after

India Today  

As Covid-19 leaves many children orphaned, adoption issues have surfaced in social media with messages asking for urgent intervention. Psychologists and child rights activists reason that adoption is neither the first or best option for such children and recommend kinship care as a more suitable alternative. A social investigation report and a home study report are also done for the …

PILs to safeguard children orphaned due to COVID: HC seeks stand of Centre, Delhi govt
3 years, 10 months ago

PILs to safeguard children orphaned due to COVID: HC seeks stand of Centre, Delhi govt

India TV News  

Children orphaned due to COVID-19 should be protected and guarded against being trafficked till they are legally adopted, two PILs have urged the Delhi High Court, which sought the response of the Centre and the Delhi government on the issue on Monday. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notices to the Union ministries …

Legal Vacuum In Respect Of Adoptions Carried Out By Christian Parents Prior To 2016: Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Centre, CARA
4 years ago

Legal Vacuum In Respect Of Adoptions Carried Out By Christian Parents Prior To 2016: Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Centre, CARA

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has granted protection to a US-based Indian Christian couple, apprehending legal action for adopting a child in India in the year 2014, under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. A Single Bench of Justice Pratibha M. Singh noted that prior to coming into effect of the Juvenile Justice Model Rules in 2016, there was no …

Thammineni stresses on legal adoption
4 years, 4 months ago

Thammineni stresses on legal adoption

The Hindu  

Assembly Speaker Thammineni Seetharam has said that the legal adoption rules of the government will ensure security for the future of the children given for adoption and the foster parents. Children’s rights At another function, Mr. Seetharam said that it was unfortunate that the Central Adoption Resource Authority Act was being violated and the children were being illegally bought by …

Consider child’s welfare not statute
5 years, 11 months ago

Consider child’s welfare not statute

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has clarified that the custody of a child below the age of seven years need not be with the mother as prescribed in the statute. The High Court reiterated that child welfare will be given paramount consideration in giving custody to the suitable parent. A division bench of Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice T. …

The Difference Between In Country Adoption And Inter-Country Adoption Cannot Be Lost Sight Of: SC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 1 month ago

The Difference Between In Country Adoption And Inter-Country Adoption Cannot Be Lost Sight Of: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has observed that even if the common seniority list has to be utilised for the purpose of in country adoption and inter-country adoption, the difference between in country adoption and inter-country adoption cannot be lost sight of or given a go by. A couple, eager to adopt a child, submitted an application on 19.07.2016 through Central Adoption …

'Adoption Regulations Discriminatory For Not Recognising Christian Personal Law', Plea In Jharkhand HC Challenges Section 56(3) JJ Act [Read Petition]
6 years, 2 months ago

'Adoption Regulations Discriminatory For Not Recognising Christian Personal Law', Plea In Jharkhand HC Challenges Section 56(3) JJ Act [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A couple, who claims to have adopted a child as per Christian personal law, has approached the Jharkhand High Court challenging Section 56 of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 and certain provisions of the Adoption Regulations 2017 as arbitrary and discriminatory.On January 11, the DB of Chief Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice H C Mishra issued notice to Attorney General …

Plan to conduct ‘Adoption Melas’
6 years, 9 months ago

Plan to conduct ‘Adoption Melas’

The Hindu  

Officials of the Women Development and Child Welfare Department are planning to conduct ‘Dattata Parichaya Vedikas’ in all 13 districts of the State soon. As many as 1,387 parents got registered with the government seeking children, but only 154 children, including 112 female and 42 male children, are available in the government-run Sishu Gruhas. Speaking to The Hindu on Monday, …

Allahabad HC Allows Woman’s Plea To Give Her Child In Adoption To Her New Husband [Read Judgment]
7 years, 5 months ago

Allahabad HC Allows Woman’s Plea To Give Her Child In Adoption To Her New Husband [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Renunciation of the child by a parent can be taken into consideration while determining whether the power to give in adoption has been delegated or to determine the consent to giving in adoption, the court observed.The Allahabad High Court, while expressing its concurrence with the Delhi High Court’s view taken in a matter relating to adoption laws, observed that though …

New Legislation Required To Deal With Inter-Country Child Custody Cases: Chief Justice Khehar
7 years, 8 months ago

New Legislation Required To Deal With Inter-Country Child Custody Cases: Chief Justice Khehar

Live Law  

Expressing concern over the future of children and their rights in bad marriages abroad and the challenges before Indian judiciary to handle such cases, Chief Justice of India JS Khehar has said child right is vital and there has to be a new legislation to deal with inter-country custody cases. And a legal question – depending on the concerned system …

Indian adoption policy: Couples will not be allowed to 'pick and choose' children, says govt
7 years, 11 months ago

Indian adoption policy: Couples will not be allowed to 'pick and choose' children, says govt

Firstpost  

Prospective parents going for adoption will now not be allowed to “pick and choose” and can only accept or reject the child offered by the national adoption body. New Delhi: Prospective parents going for adoption will now not be allowed to “pick and choose” and can only accept or reject the child offered by the national adoption body. Till now, …

102 ‘adopted’ Bihar kids await court nod to go home
8 years ago

102 ‘adopted’ Bihar kids await court nod to go home

Hindustan Times  

Months after their adoption process was okayed at the level of adoption agencies, over a hundred children in Bihar are still waiting to be transferred to their foster homes, thanks to a legal technicality that should have already been addressed long ago. Such children are unable to unite and settle down with their foster families, based in other states in …

Assessment Of Child’s Welfare For Custody Possible Only After Level Playing Field Is Given To Both Parents: SC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 1 month ago

Assessment Of Child’s Welfare For Custody Possible Only After Level Playing Field Is Given To Both Parents: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

It observed that presumption in favour of maternal custody as sound child welfare policy is rebuttable and in a given case, it can be shown that father is better suited to have the custody of the child. The Supreme Court in Vivek Singh vs. Romani Singh, has held that assessment that which of the either parent is better suited to …

New Adoption Regulations Will Be Effective From Tomorrow: Read Salient Features
8 years, 2 months ago

New Adoption Regulations Will Be Effective From Tomorrow: Read Salient Features

Live Law  

The New Adoption Regulations, 2017 will be effective from 16 January 2017. The Regulations were framed by ‘Central Adoption Resource Authority’ as mandated under section 68 of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015Salient features of the Adoption Regulations, 2017:-a) Procedures related to adoption by relatives both within the country and abroad have. The Regulations were framed by ‘Central Adoption Resource Authority’ as …

Centre decides to waive off adoption fee for foreigners
8 years, 2 months ago

Centre decides to waive off adoption fee for foreigners

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a move that will encourage adoptions in a big way, the government has decided to do away with the adoption fee for foreigners which they had to pay if they wanted to take their adopted children abroad with them. They added that the surety bond was irrelevant as the prospective adoptive parents are under scrutiny by the …

Maha govt tells HC it will bring its own rules on child adoption
8 years, 4 months ago

Maha govt tells HC it will bring its own rules on child adoption

Firstpost  

Maharashtra government has informed the Bombay High Court that it intends to introduce its own rules on child adoption but until they are brought into force, the existing model rules framed by the Centre shall be operative in the state. Mumbai: Maharashtra government has informed the Bombay High Court that it intends to introduce its own rules on child adoption …

Dutch govt. advised to stop adoption from abroad
8 years, 4 months ago

Dutch govt. advised to stop adoption from abroad

NL Times  

The Netherlands should stop adopting children from abroad the Council for Criminal Law and Youth Protection said in an advice that will be presented to the government on Wednesday, Trouw reports. The government asked the advisory council to research ways in which the adoption process, which has been widely criticized, can be improved. International adoption gave rise to a "demand-driven …

No Adoption to Foreign couples without NOC from CARA
8 years, 7 months ago

No Adoption to Foreign couples without NOC from CARA

Live Law  

The Ministry of Women and Child Development had issued the Model Guidelines for Foster Care, 2015 to be adopted/adapted by the States/UTs as per their requirement.Central Adoption Resource Authority has reported that the indulgence of adoption placement agencies in malpractices in offering children for adoption to foreign couples without the permission of their biological parent. Central Adoption Resource Authority has …

No Adoption to Foreign couples without NOC from CARA
8 years, 7 months ago

No Adoption to Foreign couples without NOC from CARA

Live Law  

The Ministry of Women and Child Development had issued the Model Guidelines for Foster Care, 2015 to be adopted/adapted by the States/UTs as per their requirement.Central Adoption Resource Authority has reported that the indulgence of adoption placement agencies in malpractices in offering children for adoption to foreign couples without the permission of their biological parent. Central Adoption Resource Authority has …

Streamline and simplify the procedure for Adoption, Delhi HC [Read Order]
8 years, 8 months ago

Streamline and simplify the procedure for Adoption, Delhi HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delay in adoption means that the minor has to live with uncertainty and insecurity, the Court observed.In a recent judgment, the Delhi High Court has directed Central Adoption Resource Authority to streamline and simplify the procedure for adoption under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. In a recent judgment, the Delhi High Court has directed Central Adoption Resource Authority to streamline …

Streamline and simplify the procedure for Adoption, Delhi HC [Read Order]
8 years, 8 months ago

Streamline and simplify the procedure for Adoption, Delhi HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delay in adoption means that the minor has to live with uncertainty and insecurity, the Court observed.In a recent judgment, the Delhi High Court has directed Central Adoption Resource Authority to streamline and simplify the procedure for adoption under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. In a recent judgment, the Delhi High Court has directed Central Adoption Resource Authority to streamline …

Adoptive mother cannot be deprived of the custody of her child without following due process of law: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 9 months ago

Adoptive mother cannot be deprived of the custody of her child without following due process of law: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Terming the action by Child Welfare Committee, in forcibly taking a child from the custody of adoptive mother, as “extremely unusual and dangerous”, the Delhi High Court said that an adoptive mother cannot be deprived of the custody of her child without following due process of law.The petitioner had filed a Habeas Corpus petition in Delhi High Court alleging that …

SC asks Centre, states to frame rules for intra and inter country adoption
9 years ago

SC asks Centre, states to frame rules for intra and inter country adoption

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and states to frame rules, regulations and guidelines under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 to make inter and intra country adoptions more transparent.“The interest of children, whether it is intra-country or inter-country adoptions, has to be protected. The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and states to frame rules, regulations and guidelines under …

Adoption by couple with one foreign parent would be termed ‘in-country’; Bombay High Court lays down detailed guidelines
9 years, 8 months ago

Adoption by couple with one foreign parent would be termed ‘in-country’; Bombay High Court lays down detailed guidelines

Live Law  

In a landmark ruling, a Bombay High Court Bench comprising Justice V.M. Colabawalla has held that in cases where a married couple, of which one is an Indian and the other is a foreign national, desires to adopt a child, the adoption will be treated as an in-country adoption and not a foreign adoption.The Court was hearing a petition filed …

Adoption by couple with one foreign parent would be termed ‘in-country’; Bombay High Court lays down detailed guidelines
9 years, 8 months ago

Adoption by couple with one foreign parent would be termed ‘in-country’; Bombay High Court lays down detailed guidelines

Live Law  

In a landmark ruling, a Bombay High Court Bench comprising Justice V.M. Colabawalla has held that in cases where a married couple, of which one is an Indian and the other is a foreign national, desires to adopt a child, the adoption will be treated as an in-country adoption and not a foreign adoption.The Court was hearing a petition filed …

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