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Although the law no longer discriminates against them, the agencies involved sometimes do.

Additionally, Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs have the option of formalising an adoption through the 60-year-old HAMA.

The latest regulations, which will come into effect from January 16, will also allow relatives to adopt children.

"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.

However, according to the Bill, in no case the juvenile involved in a heinous crime will be sentenced to death or life imprisonment.