The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to a woman accused of buying a one-year-old child from the biological mother, who needed money as her husband was in jail. [Ashwini Babar v. State of Maharashtra & Ors]

Justice SM Modak expressed “great pains” that even in the 21st century, there were incidents where girls were being treated as commodities for financial benefits.

“We are in the 21st century, still there are incidents wherein the girls are treated as commodity and they have been used as a medium for financial benefits. It is highly objectionable to the principles of morality and human rights that a girl of one year is being sold by the natural mother,” the Bench observed.

However, the judge noted that the ‘sale’ took place because the biological mother’s husband was behind bars and they were in need of money.

After the sale, the biological mother had managed to repay the loan to the applicant, and sought the return her child. The applicant woman and her husband, however, refused to return the child, after which a complaint was lodged against them.

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly burnt with tongs and beaten up by her adoptive mother and her son in Delhi's RK Puram, police said on Wednesday. The 50-year-accused woman works as a nurse at a central government hospital and is absconding. Her son was arrested and sent to judicial custody, police said.

The girl's biological parents are relatives of the accused, police said. RK Puram police station received information on February 9 regarding a minor being physically abused by her adoptive mother. There were scars and injuries on her body, a senior police officer said.

The girl was medically examined and a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, Juvenile Justice Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act Act was registered, the officer said. The girl has been sent to a child welfare facility, police said.

The government has started to accept foster family applications for temporary homes for little quake survivors, with over 283,000 families already applying to the Ministry of Family and Social Services via the e-Government platform to open their doors to the homeless youngsters

The government Wednesday announced the opening of foster family applications in which over 283,000 families applied to the Ministry of Family and Social Services via the e-Government platform to become foster families for quake-survivor children following the deadly disaster.

Türkiye's recent twin earthquakes affected over 14 million people, nearly 16% of the national population, and occurred in southeastern Türkiye – mainly in Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbak?r, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and ?anl?urfa – also resulted in strong tremors in several countries in the region, including Syria and Lebanon.

It's the 10th day of the deadly quakes, and the death toll has reached over 35,000, according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

Although the number of children who have lost parents or caregivers in these devastating earthquakes has not been specified, it is critical to find these children appropriate care and support in the short term. Displaced children, especially those who are unaccompanied or separated from families, are vulnerable to violence, exploitation and abuse, including the risk of trafficking or gender-based violence.

When it comes to law there is one very important term that has comes up that is public interest litigation. The name behind introducing this concept is Justice P.N Bhagwat i.e. Prafulla Chandra Natwarlal Bhagwat. Honorable justice was the 17th chief justice of India whispered our country from 12th July 1885 until his retirement on 20th December 1986. As I have mentioned above, he has come up with 2 concept that is public interest legislation & absolute liability in India he was the 1st person to introduce us with this concept when we speak about public interest litigations on it means that through law or with the help of court of law there would be protection that would be given to public in a great extend such as pollutions, terrorism and road safety and when it comes to second concept that’s justice P.N Bhagwat introduce it was absolute liability it means if a person is made liable without any excuse or considering the nature of ondol that is called absolute liability. He is also one of the longest second supreme court judges including the chief justice to the tenure in our country India.

When we came to Justice P.N Bhagwat’s personal and early life we came to know that honorable Justice was born in Gujarat and his father named Justice Natwarlal H. Bhagwat was also a Supreme Court Judge and when we came to his sibling, he had an elder brother named Jagdish Bhagwat who was an economist and also the neurosurgeon in Mumbai. Honorable justice studied in one of the named collages that is Elphinstone collage by pursuing mathematics(honors). Honorable justice took his degree from Bombay university in 1941. In 1942, he was being arrested for participating in UP gang Indian independence MDUT and he also went underground for 4months.

He later received a law degree from law university after completed his law degree in government law collage Bombay. After his education was done, he was married to Prabhavati and he had 3 daughters namely Pallavi, Parul and Sonali. At present Pallavi Bhagwat is managing partner of leading Indian law firm. Justice Bhagwat was a devotee of the popular Indian guru Sathya Sai baba and he was also the member of their community or trust which was known as Sathya Sai Baba trust and justice Bhagwat was the member of that trust until he was dead. When we come towards one of the very important things of every person that is the carrier and even, he was one of the named judges of Gujarat and also gave many important judgements when it comes to his law carrier.

Justice Bhagwat has begun practicing in Bombay high court as an advocate. When it comes to 1960 Justice Bhagwat was appointed as the judge Gujarat high court. In September 1967 in justice P.N Bhagwat was appointed as the chief justice of Gujarat high court and even on the very important position of a state was handled by him it may be for temporary duration and that to he got this opportunity of becoming governor for occasion that is from 7th December 1967 to 25th December 1973 and the 2nd time duration started from 17 march 1973 to 3rd April 1973 even by July 1973 justice was appointed as a judge of supreme court of India and august 1985 he was chief justice of India justice was appointed by Giani Zali Singh and on 12th July 1983 honorable justice joined as 17th chief justice of India and honorable justice was proceeded by Y.V Chandra Chand and succeeded by R.S Pathak . India’s second highest civilian award that is Padma Vibhushan for his public affair honorable justice was awarded with Padma Vibhushan in 2007. Some of the important judgement that was being heard or honorable justice P.N Bhagwat was a part were Harbor campus case controversy.

One of the controversial judgements given by honorable justice Bhagwat was In ADM sulab pur V. shivkant case which was popularly refined as ADM Jabalpur case or habeas campus case in this case it was stated that during emergency the fundaments rights which are provided to us they would be suspended and this judgement receive a lot of criticism because it has reduced all the important attached to fundamental rights which are mention through Indian constitution. the bench who gave the decision even honorable justice Bhagwat was a part of it and they concluded the decision in favor of Indira Gandhi government but when Janta party came up again honorable justice Bhagwat change the decision and when Indira Gandhi in 1980 came they gave decision in their favor Bhagwat was criticized for his change of standards and favoring the change of stands

Data: 08-04-15

Congo. Si intensifica l’attività diplomatica per risolvere il blocco delle adozioni. Le missioni dell’Autorità Centrale francese e del Parlamento Europeo

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Due missioni diplomatiche si sono svolte nei primi giorni di aprile 2015 con l’obiettivo di accelerare la soluzione del caso relativo al blocco delle adozioni nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo. La prima ha visto il presidente del gruppo dei Socialisti e Democratici del Parlamento Europeo, Gianni Pittella, e il vicepresidente della Commissione parlamentare a Bruxelles Ue/Africa-Caraibi-Pacifico, Cecile Kyenge, recarsi a Kinshasa per affrontare l’argomento con il premier e il ministro della Giustizia congolesi. La seconda è stata invece portata avanti dall’Autorità Centrale francese per le adozioni internazionali che ha immediatamente comunicato l’avvenuta riunione tra i suoi rappresentanti e quelli dei ministeri congolesi interessati presso il Ministero degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione internazionale di Kinshasa.

“Le adozioni in Congo potrebbero presto ripartire. Il premier Augustin Matata Ponyo e il ministro della Giustizia congolese, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, ci hanno rassicurato circa la volontà del governo di sbloccare e facilitare il processo di adozioni fermo ormai dal 2013”. Lo dichiarano in una nota congiunta il presidente del gruppo dei Socialisti e Democratici al Parlamento europeo, Gianni Pittella, e il vice presidente della commissione parlamentare a Bruxelles Ue/Africa-Caraibi-Pacifico, Cecile Kyenge, al termine di un incontro a Kinshasa, nella Repubblica democratica del Congo, con il premier e il ministro della Giustizia congolesi.

Four Croatian couples were arrested for a second time at an airport in Zambia on suspicion of child trafficking after coming to adopt four children from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Eight Croats were arrested for a second time on Tuesday at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola, the third largest city in Zambia, after coming to the country to pick up four children from the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year to adopt.

They were initially arrested on December 9 last year at the airport in Ndola as they attempted to leave the country with the children and accused of attempted child trafficking.

But the court in Ndola dismissed the indictment against the eight Croats, Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman told reporters on January 6.

On Monday they were ordered to leave Zambia within 48 hours, Croatian news agency HINA reported.

ISRC has been FFIA's cooperation contact since 1983. The then orphanage director Chandana Bose had contact with Bie and Gunilla Enqvist in Umeå in connection with their adoption and was looking for cooperation partners in Sweden. In the first years, Bie and Gunilla were involved as contact persons, but during the 90s this changed. Chandana Bose passed away in 1998 and after that her sister-in-law Madhumita (Anju) Roy came as headmistress.

ISRC runs the Mathri Sneha orphanage, which has been located at several different addresses over the years.

The children mediated through this contact were usually abandoned at birth. Many children were premature, i.e. born too early. The children may also have had a low birth weight. The mothers were predominantly unmarried women and the background documents available on the children are very scarce.

Most of the children have come to the orphanage as newborns. They came directly from the maternity wards of the hospitals to Matri Sneha. In India, an investigation is always carried out based on the various circumstances surrounding the child's background. The investigation must show whether the child has a relative who can take care of the child or whether the child can get a new family through adoption. The Indian adoptive families always have priority, which results in the majority of the smallest and perfectly healthy children having parents within the country. A child who, for example, was born prematurely or had problems with his health as a small baby is often considered for international adoption.

Period of cooperation: 1983 - the system was changed by CARA in 2012

The police told the court that the custodial interrogation of both the accused was needed as a fresh complaint of organ trafficking was lodged against them by a Chandigarh-based woman.

The ongoing investigations by Mohali police into the alleged newborn stealing racket saw more skeletons tumbling out of the closet, with investigators on Tuesday stating that they were now studying the possible involvement of a Non-Government Organisation.

Investigators said that the role of some police officers posted at the Criminal Investigation Agency had also come under the scanner after they learnt that a Chandigarh-based woman had lodged a complaint with Mohali district police last year alerting them about the possibility of existence of such a racket. However, no action was taken.

The district police on January 30 had arrested Manjinder Singh, and his wife Parwinder Kaur — both residents of Faridkot — and Charanbir Singh, and his wife Sakshi, both residents of Patiala, for being part of a racket that was involved in stealing and selling newborns.

Police said that Parvinder Kaur alias Sakshi and her husband Charanbir Singh were produced in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Jagjeet Singh on Tuesday and were sent to two additional days of police remand.

Flemish Minister of Welfare, Public Health and Family Hilde Crevits is strengthening care and guidance during adoption and is investing 425,000 euros in this. The aim is to make society more aware of intercountry adoption and also to offer more opportunities for the exchange of experiences between first parents, adoptive parents and fellow sufferers. The guidance process when adoptees go in search of their origin will also be strengthened. In this way, Minister Crevits meets some of the recommendations of a 'care and guidance' working group that was set up in response to the final report of the expert panel on intercountry adoption.

“A great job has been done by all those involved to provide us with very concrete proposals for better care and supervision of adoption. We will ensure that there are more opportunities to exchange experiences and to strengthen knowledge about adoption into education and assistance. In this way we want to avoid that those involved in adoption, foster care and other forms of growing up outside the original family are sometimes approached on the basis of erroneous assumptions or social ideas, which could lead to new and avoidable difficulties. In addition, it is also important that people can share their positive stories and their concerns. The question “who am I” and “where do I come from” sooner or later preoccupies every adoptee. We are therefore strengthening the ancestry center in order to provide even better assistance to people who are looking for their roots or close relatives.” –Flemish Minister of Welfare and Public Health Hilde Crevits

The final report of an expert panel on intercountry adoption in mid-2021 gave rise to a number of recommendations for reforms within the adoption landscape. The Flemish Government then set the guidelines for the future of intercountry adoption. This is also followed by Growing up. An important theme is better care and guidance. A working group led by Professor Nicole Vliegen set to work on this and provided very concrete recommendations, some of which Minister Crevits wants to implement immediately.

A better understanding of adoption

Minister Crevits has instructed the Adoption Support Center to further deepen knowledge about adoption in Flanders. The theme of adoption must be more strongly embedded in education and assistance, among other things, so that teachers and care providers can deal more sensitively with questions from children and young people with an adoption story. With the resources, the Adoption Support Center will be able to recruit additional employees who, together with adoptees, will introduce professionals to certain sensitivities specific to adopted children and specific themes such as racism and diversity through training and workshops. In this way, therapists and primary care providers, among others, can better pick up signals when they come into contact with them in the event of a request for help.

In 1965, Sita Devi Sachdev (Dr Sita Bhateja’s maiden name) started a nursing home in her own name. In 1969, a charitable trust was established under the name of Dr (Mrs) Sita Bhateja Nursing Home. The hospital building and all the equipment were donated to the trust, as was 50% of Dr Sita Bhateja’s income. The charitable wing of the trust was christened Sri Jetha Nand Hospital for the Poor, in memory of Dr Sita Bhateja’s father-in-law, who along with his wife, donated money to help establish the hospital.Thus, our hospital came to be. Over the next two decades, spearheaded by Dr Sita Bhateja, the nursing home established a formidable reputation for expertise in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (her chosen field).

It was in our 38th year that Sita Bhateja Hospital entered a new and exciting phase with its expansion into specialities other than OB/GYN. Spearheaded by Dr Arvind Bhateja, an accomplished neurosurgeon (and Dr Sita Bhateja’s son), we have expanded into the specialities of neuro and spine surgery, orthopaedics, intensive care, internal medicine, urology, plastic surgery and maxillofacial surgery.

The surgical specialities are housed in a new operation theatre complex of world standards with state-of-the-art features like seamless interiors, hermetically sealed doors and windows and laminar air flow. We have the technology to perform minimally invasive brain and spine surgery through keyhole approaches. Our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is fully equipped for the proper post-operative care of patients and for patients with head injuries and critical illnesses. Our new Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department has been designed and built with a view to the holistic recovery of a patient.

All this world-class infrastructure is manned by a team of experts who are highly skilled in their specialities and who have been weaned on Dr Sita Bhateja’s philosophy of empathetic healthcare for every patient.

In just under eight years, led by Dr Arvind Bhateja, we have completed well over three thousand successful procedures and have acquired a sterling reputation for medical excellence in our specialities.