JAGDISH SINGH SHARY v. CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY

Taking a grim view of the matter, the Delhi High Court has said that the issuance of no-objection certificates (NOCs) by Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) cannot be made onerous for those who opt for inter-country adoptions.

Justice Prathiba M Singh said that in terms of the modified Adoption Amendment Regulations, 2021, CARA is mandated to issue NOCs to Hague Adoption Convention ratified countries.

The court said that the “issuance of mere support letters is completely inexplicable, especially once the documentation is completed by the parties.”

JAGDISH SINGH SHARY v. CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY

Taking a grim view of the matter, the Delhi High Court has said that the issuance of no-objection certificates (NOCs) by Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) cannot be made onerous for those who opt for inter-country adoptions.

Justice Prathiba M Singh said that in terms of the modified Adoption Amendment Regulations, 2021, CARA is mandated to issue NOCs to Hague Adoption Convention ratified countries.

The court said that the “issuance of mere support letters is completely inexplicable, especially once the documentation is completed by the parties.”

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 16th October, 2023 + W.P.(C) 11168/2020, CM APPL. 40499/2021 & 36035/2023 JAGDISH SINGH SHARY ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Kabir S. Ghosh, Adv. (M:9599966048) versus CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY..... Respondent Through: Mr. Vineet Dhanda (CGSC) with Mr. Vinay Yadav & Mr. Durga D. Vashist, Advs. (M: 9811013810) Mr. Atul Nagarajan, Ms. K. Pallavi & Ms. Lavanya Regunathan Fischer, Amicus Curiae. (M:9871045249)

What is it like to grow up and raise in Amsterdam? This time: Shiva (46) and Dharan Mulder (13). 'I was once 'given away'. When I had children, there was a very strong feeling: I would never do this with my children.'

Yuki HochgemuthOctober 18, 2023 , 3:00 am

Dharan: “I really learned how to make raps from my childhood. My father also used to write lyrics and often showed clips of them. He always made a rap for his company.”

“I thought that was really cool, I wanted that too, so we started making more and more clips together. That didn't happen online, it was just for ourselves. Other people often said we should put that on YouTube.”

Shiva: “My wife and I used to not want to put our children on social media. When we started making clips for his raps, it was just for ourselves. Dharan wanted it to be online. I've always said: you have to have something to say.”

Establishment of the ARAN Foundation

What you see in this photo is a mother and her four daughters laughing their asses off. I am the middle one in the photo and the youngest daughter in the row. We have another brother.

This photo was taken six months ago when I stayed with my mother in Korea for a week. It took me 43 years and seven roots trips to build this bond with my own mother. For so many years I was angry with her - consciously and unconsciously - that I could not let her into my heart.

I can now look at her, her life and her choices with compassion.

By Mercy Juma & Africa Eye

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A Kenyan hospital worker caught by the BBC trying to sell a baby has been sentenced to 25 years in jail.

Fred Leparan, who worked at Nairobi's Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital, was filmed accepting $2,500 (£2,000) to sell a baby boy under the hospital's care.

He was arrested in 2020 and found guilty of child trafficking, child neglect and conspiracy to commit crime.

The Bombay High Court has allotted the Guardianship for a minor child to its caregiver finding the biological parents unfit for the same. The Court, after considering extensive evidence including medical reports, affidavits, WhatsApp communications, and photographs, emphasized the paramount importance of the child's welfare. The petitioner filed a Guardianship Petition seeking legal guardianship of a minor child. The petitioner provided evidence, including a report from Hospital and a discharge card, indicating that he was handed over to her with the consent of his biological parents.

A Bench of Justice R.I. Chagla found, “I have interacted with the minor child Gabriel in my Chambers and have found that he is extremely attached to the Petitioner. Further, the biological mother, Respondent No.2 has deep psychological issues and this was noticed whilst passing of this Order in Court as there was a huge commotion caused by the Respondent No.2 which disturbed Court proceedings. The Respondent No.1 is very aggressive and has acted in defiance of orders of this Court by stating that he will forcefully take Gabriel from the custody of the Petitioner.”

Advocate Filji Frederick appeared for the Petitioner and Advocate Rajiv Basant Chaudhary appeared for the Respondents.

The petitioner argued that she had been taking care of him since his birth, providing for all his needs and ensuring his well-being. The respondents, who were biological parents, contested the petitioner's claims, alleging that their child was forcibly taken from them and seeking his custody back.

The respondents filed affidavits denying the petitioner's contentions and claiming that they had requested his return, but the petitioner refused. The Court also considered WhatsApp communications and photographs, which showed the respondents visiting the child at the petitioner's residence and acknowledging the petitioner as his caregiver.

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Making three private services for intercountry adoption into one: it is not going smoothly. This leads to unrest among the 1,700 waiting prospective adoptive parents. "The movement is necessary to professionalize adoption," says the Flemish agency Growing Up.

Veerle Beel

Under considerationPE1958: Extend aftercare for previously looked after young people, and remove the continuing care age cap.

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:

Extend aftercare provision in Scotland to ‘previously looked after’ young people who left care before their 16th birthday, on the basis of individual need;

Extend continuing care throughout Care Experienced people’s lives, on the basis of individual need; and

Ensure Care Experienced people are able to enjoy lifelong rights and achieve equality with non-Care Experienced people. This includes ensuring that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the findings of The Promise are fully implemented in Scotland.

Diplomatic stars like highly visible special envoys apart, practitioners of diplomacy are rarely to be found in the limelight of media attention. Not so for Dmitri Borodin, Minister-Counselor at the Russian Embassy in The Hague.

The Russian diplomat is at the center of a nasty diplomatic row between Russia and the Netherlands. Neighbors called the local police when the diplomat, supposedly excessively drunk, was seen to maltreat his own children. Four police officers rang the Borodins’ doorbell and took the diplomat away for questioning.

From the APEC summit in Bali, Indonesia, president Putin was quick to show his outrage. The same day Netherlands Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans offered a public apology to the Russian Federation.

Was the Russian government right to be so upset, and was it necessary for the Dutch to apologize?

The incident gives evidence of the incompatibility of two different legal worlds, with international law prevailing. Putin was quick to point out that the Dutch had overstepped their mark in what amounted to a breach of international rules on diplomatic immunity.