The European Union has accused Meta of not effectively preventing users under 13 from accessing Facebook and Instagram, which could lead to...

90-year-old retired doctor is seeking legal recognition to adopt his 43-year-old caretaker as his son, highlighting a gap in India’s largel...

The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has constituted a medical grievance committee to address recurring complaints about the heal...

The Bombay High Court has ruled that Indian citizens do not have a fundamental right to adopt a child of American nationality, even if they...

The Bombay High Court has instructed authorities to re-evaluate a Mumbai couple's request to adopt a third child. The couple has two disabl...

Non-resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders, and foreign nationals have equal priority in adopting orphaned ch...

The court's decision came on a batch of petitions by several PAPs with two biological children who applied for adoption of a third child as...

The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that unmarried couples, including queer couples, can jointly adopt a child. The court struck down a regu...

Till the rules were notified, nearly 905 adoption orders were pending with courts but as on date the pendency has come down to 644, an offi...

Fewer 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...

The Women and Child Development Ministry in a notification issued late on Friday, said CARA shall issue a no-objection certificate for Hagu...

The move follows much debate and consultations over bridging the gaps and address this critical concern as there is no mechanism for inter-...

Adoptive 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...

Indian couples interested in adopting a child must pay a fee of Rs 40,000 and those living abroad are charged $5,000 in India. The fees are...

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

WCD minister Maneka Gandhi said that the guidelines were an important step towards regulating early childhood care centres operating in the...

"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.