$~68                          *    IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI                          %                                              Date of Decision : 30.05.2025                          +      W.P.(C) 3880/2025                                 JASLEENIQBAL SIDHU & ORS.                     .....Petitioners                                              Through: Ms. Sheena Chhabra, Ms. Anjani                                                       Chhabra, Ms. Aakashi Gupta and Ms.                                                       Shilpa Chaurasia, Advs. along with                                                       petitioners and adoptive father.                                              versus                                 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY & ORS.                                                                               .....Respondents                                               Through: Ms. Pratima N. Lakra, CGSC along                                                        with Mr. Chandan Prajapati, Mr                                                        Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Ms.                                                        Chandni Godiyal, Mr. P. Chandni Mr.                                                        Sumit Bhargava, Advs., and Mr. G.                                                        Ravi, Asst. Director for CARA.                                 CORAM:                                 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA                          SACHIN DATTA, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking that the respondent no. 2 [Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)] be directed to issue a 'No Objection Certificate' (NOC) for taking the petitioner no. 2 to Australia pursuant to the adoption of the petitioner no. 2 by the petitioner no. 1 and her husband.

2. The petitioner nos. 3 and 4 are the biological parents of the petitioner no. 2. The petitioner no. 1 is the adoptive mother of the petitioner no. 2. The petitioner no. 5 is the grandmother of the petitioner no. 2.

3. The petitioners belong to a Sikh family; the adoptive father [husband of the petitioner no. 1] is the elder brother of the biological father [petitioner no. 4]. The petitioner no. 1 and her husband (adoptive parents) are citizens of Australia. The petitioner no. 1 and her husband got married in the year 2014. They do not have a biological child. On the other hand, the petitioner nos. 3 and 4, who previously had a biological son, had given birth to the petitioner no. 2 on 22.01.2020.

4. It is stated that the petitioner no. 1 came to India on 20.01.2020 and was present in the hospital at the time of the birth of the petitioner no. 2, and was involved in taking care of the newly born child, i.e. the petitioner no. 2.

The International Board of SOS Children’s Villages International met in an emergency session on the evening of 23 October 2025 and took decisive action following the grave news published in Austrian and then other media across the globe about historic cases of misconduct and abuse of children citing SOS-Kinderdorf Österreich (SOS CV Austria), and its former leader, Mr Hermann Gmeiner.

During its meeting, and in accordance with its governance Articles and Statutes, the International Board resolved to suspend SOS-Kinderdorf Österreich (SOS CV Austria) as a Member Association of the federation, along with its representative, Andreas Kovar, as a Member of the SOS CVI International Board.

In addition, the Board passed a motion recommending that a future SOS CVI federation Extraordinary General Assembly consider a resolution to remove Austria’s designated seat on the SOS CVI International Board. If approved by the federation General Assembly vote, SOS-Kinderdorf Österreich (SOS CV Austria) may nominate a candidate in the same manner as any other Member Association.

Commenting on the decisions of the SOS CVI International Board during the emergency session, International Board Chair, Dominico Parisi said: “The International Board’s hearts go out to all those who suffered because of one man’s actions. Children deserve happiness, dignity, and protection by those that they trust. Those who have betrayed this sacred trust deserve nothing but condemnation and shame for their actions.

But our organisation will not be defined by this dark stain on our history. These serious and meaningful decisions reflect the Board’s unwavering commitment to zero tolerance for any form of abuse or lack of transparency within our federation.

Run by Sindhutai Sapkal since 2011, Sanmati Bal Niketan is not registered with the state WCD; the orphanage has asked for a special status, despite there being no such category

T he state government™s strict diktat in 2009, prohibiting the registration of children™s homes, seems to have left a trail of ambiguity in its wake. Established in 2011, Sanmati Bal Niketan, an orphanage for boys run by wellknown social worker Sindhutai Sapkal at Manjri, has been running illegally for the past five years, without being registered with the state Women and Child Development (WCD) department, as is mandatory under the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act.

A child rights activist filed a complaint on Friday, though District Child Protection Officers (DCPO) had already visited the home on June 20 following other grievances.

Popularly known as the ‘Mother of Orphans,™ Sapkal has nurtured over 1,050 orphaned children. However, in this case, her zeal for social work seems to have overstepped the law. In fact, the DCPO had even recommended that the children here be moved to other homes, a plea that has remained on paper.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has apprehended a 60-year-old influential figure within the Orphanage Owners Umbrella Body of Nigeria.

The individual, who also founded the globally recognized Civil Society Organisation, the National Council of Child’s Right Advocates of Nigeria (NACRAN), based in Benue State, was taken into custody over allegations of extensive child trafficking, illegal adoption, and child sales.

In what officials described as a major breakthrough, operatives from NAPTIP’s Makurdi Command successfully rescued 26 children out of an estimated 300 who are believed to have been trafficked and sold across Benue, Enugu, Lagos, Nasarawa, and Abuja.

Authorities have launched an intensive manhunt to locate the remaining 274 victims as investigations continue into the full scope of the syndicate’s operations.

Germany split over Selmayr’s return to Brussels

EU minister says controversial civil servant “very much welcome” in Brussels but German government makes clear that is not its official position.

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François de Combret, l'homme de l'ombre qui a propulsé Bernard Arnault vers l'empire LVMH

Collaborateur de Valéry Giscard d'Estaing et associé de Lazard, François de
Combret s'est éteint le 8 octobre à 84 ans. Son rôle dans l'acquisition de Boussac
par Bernard Arnault en 1984, ainsi que ses conseils à des leaders africains aux côtés
de George Soros, montre un homme trouble. Enquête.
 

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Les puissants disparaissent souvent dans l’ombre, la mort de François Polge de
Combret, survenue le 8 octobre 2025 à Londres, passe presque inaperçue. Pourtant,
ce banquier d’affaires, figure discrète des coulisses de la finance internationale,
n’était pas un anonyme. Ami et collaborateur de George Soros, il est surtout l’homme qui a
ouvert à Bernard Arnault les portes de la fortune colossale de LVMH.

Une fortune bâtie sur un coup d’État financier : le rachat à prix d’ami du groupe Boussac,
propriétaire de Christian Dior, qui a permis à Arnault d’escroquer l’État français, de licencier
des milliers de salariés et de s’emparer d’un joyau du luxe français. Mais au-delà de ces
magouilles industrielles, de Combret nourrissait une passion étrange, presque
obsessionnelle, pour les petits orphelins roumains – une "aide" humanitaire qui masquait
des lobbys d’adoption controversés, flirtant avec les accusations de trafic d’enfants.

Rio Tinto’s Simandou lobbyist dies waiting for AFP corruption probe

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