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Live-in partners, an IVF couple, and the doctor who broke law to connect them
June 23, 2026 6:53 pm
Following a tip-off from the Child Welfare Department, the Udupi police arrested four people, including a doctor, who allegedly falsified medical records to give an unmarried couple's newborn to his patients.
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.
China halts foreign adoptions for its children
September 05, 2024 9:29 pm
International adoptions were temporarily suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic, but were later resumed for children who had already obtained travel authorisation.
Govt lifts restriction, allows single individuals to foster children, adopt after 2 years
August 20, 2024 11:50 am
In India, children who can be fostered have to be above the age of six years living in child care institutions and having “unfit guardians”.
Bombay HC directs CWC to hand over 'illegal' custody of three infants to their 'adoptive' parents despite no valid adoption deeds
July 26, 2024 11:12 am
The bench noted that 'unfortunately, by executing an Adoption Deed, which is either not registered or merely being notarized, definitely does not amount to a valid adoption.
Delhi News Highlights: Two members of Hashim Baba gang held after killing 'wrong person' inside GTB hospital
July 16, 2024 9:03 am
Delhi News Highlights: The police said that the incident was a case of mistaken identity, adding that the accused wanted to kill another man who was admitted in a different ward.
Affected by Bombay HC's stay order, 250 prospective adoptive parents write to Centre seeking help in adoption process
June 06, 2023 2:17 pm
Due to this, the process of issuing adoption orders, birth certificates, and no objection certificates (NOCs) have come to a halt in Maharashtra.
Supreme Court allows pregnant 20-yr-old’s child to be given for adoption
February 03, 2023 7:48 am
The court said, “We are adopting the present course of action consistent with the jurisdiction of this court under Article 142...having regard to the extraordinary situation which has emerged before the court...”
'Each child is a gift of God': Delhi HC allows Maltese couple to adopt child with special needs
November 28, 2022 12:41 pm
The court was dealing with a petition by the couple challenging a communication issued by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), where the child was housed, about a complaint received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) from the child's uncle.
Dip in adoption points to illegality, trafficking: House panel
August 12, 2022 3:21 am
The committee, chaired by BJP Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi, noted that according to adoption statistics of Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), the number of children adopted within the country declined from 5,693 in 2010 to 3142 in 2020-21.
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