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CARA ADOPTION REGULATIONS
Adoption rules may change as CARA focuses on special needs childrenCentral Adoption Resource Authority is reviewing 2022 adoption regulations. Public comments are invited on potential amendments until Septe...- Panel to examine medical grievances in adoption casesThe Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has constituted a medical grievance committee to address recurring complaints about the heal...
- Centre clarifies children aged below six not eligible for foster care placementThe government has clarified that foster care is only for children aged six and above, addressing concerns about differing interpretations ...
- No fundamental right of Indians to adopt US citizen child of relative: Bombay HCThe Bombay High Court has ruled that Indian citizens do not have a fundamental right to adopt a child of American nationality, even if they...
- Parents of two disabled children can adopt a third child: Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court has instructed authorities to re-evaluate a Mumbai couple's request to adopt a third child. The couple has two disabl...
- Adopt better strategy for ease of adoptionDespite rising adoption numbers in India, the process remains slow due to high demand and limited available children. Legal complexities, u...
- Explained: Adoption procedure for NRIs, OCI cardholders, and foreign nationalsNon-resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders, and foreign nationals have equal priority in adopting orphaned ch...
- Inter-country adoptions: Issuance of NOC to prospective adoptive parents can't be made onerous, HC to CARAThe Delhi High Court has expressed concern over the difficulties faced by prospective adoptive parents in obtaining no-objection certificat...
- Unmarried couples, including queer couples, can jointly adopt child: CJI in minority verdictThe Indian Supreme Court has ruled that unmarried couples, including queer couples, can jointly adopt a child. The court struck down a regu...
- Adopt change: Why there's an urgent need to reduce long-waiting period for adoption in IndiaAccording to data submitted by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to the Supreme Court last year, over 3,600 ch...
- Indians remain averse to accepting children with special needsFewer than 50 children with special needs found a home within India in the past three financial years, accounting for less than 1% of the t...
- When adopting a child in India, most parents prefer girls to boysIn FY21-22, 1,674 girls, or 30% more girls, were adopted in India compared to 1,276 boys. The figures for FY20-21 were 1,856 girls versus 1...
- Government introduces new regulations to make inter-country adoptions easierThe Women and Child Development Ministry in a notification issued late on Friday, said CARA shall issue a no-objection certificate for Hagu...
- Government to make it easier for NRIs adopting in India to take child back to country of residenceThe move follows much debate and consultations over bridging the gaps and address this critical concern as there is no mechanism for inter-...
- Govt to simplify child adoption rules, make stricter regulation for child care centresAdoptive parents who wish to move to a foreign country along with their child within two years of adoption will also be allowed to do so un...
- Despite a favourable law, why do single women and men struggle to adopt a child in IndiaAlthough the law no longer discriminates against them, the agencies involved sometimes do.
- Registration of adoption under Hindu law to be made mandatoryAdditionally, Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs have the option of formalising an adoption through the 60-year-old HAMA.
- New rules allow step parents to have legal relationship with childThe latest regulations, which will come into effect from January 16, will also allow relatives to adopt children.
- Inter-country adoptions: Delhi High Court seeks process of adoption in US"At present, we are concerned with the fate of the adopted child in US. What will be the status of the child there?" the court said.
- Cabinet clears Juvenile Justice Act amendmentsHowever, according to the Bill, in no case the juvenile involved in a heinous crime will be sentenced to death or life imprisonment.
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