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42-year legal battle: How a Bombay High Court ruling rewrote widow’s right to adopt

May 27, 2026 5:00 pm

Putting an end to litigation regarding validity of adoption by widow, which was continuing from 1984, the Bombay High Court said that adoption cannot be for the widow herself or only for the husband of the widow.

Against all odds | How this Swiss man’s decades-long search for his mother changed everything for him

May 14, 2026 4:36 pm

Separated at 2, an Indian-origin man finds his birth mother after four decades.

District Magistrates suited to decide adoption proceedings: Bombay Hight Court

May 04, 2026 10:35 pm

As per the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, along with the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) regulations, the adoption process required a valid order from the court.

Bengaluru to Germany: 48 years later, adopted woman moves Karnataka High Court to trace roots

April 28, 2026 10:41 am

Anita Wiesendt has petitioned the Karnataka High Court, seeking the disclosure of her biological parents' identities from St. Martha’s Hospital, citing a "lifelong struggle with identity."

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As paperwork stalls adopted girl’s relocation to Canada, Delhi High Court steps in to help parents

April 27, 2026 9:54 am

The Delhi High Court was hearing the plea of a couple who adopted a child in 2019, but were facing a challenge in relocating the minor from India to Canada.

The SC said the presence of both parents during the early development of a child is indispensable

SC says all adoptive mothers entitled to maternity leave, also underlines paternity leave provision

March 18, 2026 4:11 am

A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan read down Section 60(4) of The Code on Social Security-2020 that limits the age of the child to three months for an adoptive mother to be entitled for maternity leave, holding it violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution

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Can a late adoption deed help secure compassionate appointment? Chhattisgarh High Court rejects claim over 22-year delay

March 16, 2026 6:13 pm

There was no valid proof of a give-and-take ceremony in connection with the alleged adoption, the Chhattisgarh High Court noted.

The Orissa High Court said that excluding the adopted child from the scope of two children as envisaged under Section 25(1)(v) of the Orissa Gram Panchayat Act, 1964 would amount to rewriting the section.

Can adoption save your election? Orissa High Court dismisses woman sarpanch’s petition in ‘two-child’ ruling

January 21, 2026 11:48 am

Orissa Gram Panchayat Act: Justice V Narasingh was hearing a petition filed by a woman who was elected as a sarpanch of a village panchayat and observed that excluding adoption from the statutory bar would amount to rewriting the law.

‘I’m not a mother mother’: Sreeleela on adopting three children at 24 and redefining motherhood; what it really means to adopt young

January 16, 2026 6:22 pm

Actor Sreeleela opens up about adopting three children in her early 20s, challenging ideas of readiness, biology, and what it really means to show up emotionally as a caregiver