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'Can't Be Left To Oppressor's Mercy': P&H High Court Allows Minor Rape Victim To Give Child In Adoption, Says Consent Of Biological Father Inconsequential

Observing that mother being a "natural guardian of the illegitimate minor girl child cannot be left to the mercy of her oppressor," the Punjab & Haryana High Court has allowed the then 13 years old rape victim to give the child in adoption without the concurrence from the biological father.The dispute occurred when the registrar refused to register the adoption …

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The story so far: From September 1, District Magistrates have been empowered to give adoption orders instead of courts. The key changes include authorising District Magistrates and Additional District Magistrates to issue adoption orders under Section 61 of the JJ Act by striking out the word “court”. The District Magistrates have also been empowered under the Act to inspect child …

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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 …

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‘Mechanism for NOCs to take children adopted under HAMA abroad soon’

The Women and Child Development Ministry would be bridging the legislative gap between the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act and the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 that has so far forced adoptive parents under HAMA to move court for permission to take their child abroad, WCD Ministry sources said on Tuesday. But, in the case of adoptions under HAMA, parents were …

The Punjab and Haryana High Court areheld that the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 would not apply in cases of inter-country adoption of children being given directly by parents to relatives/known people under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. "A perusal of the J.J. Act, 2015 shows that it is a special provision for a limited class of children, those …