SC seeks clarity on citizenship status of adopted child
New Delhi, April 9, 2013, DHNS:
A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court (SC) presided by Justice Gyan Sudha Misra on Monday has asked the Centre to explain the citizenship status of a child adopted by a foreign couple.
The apex court poser came while hearing a special leave petition filed by 31-year-old Jennifer Edgell Haynes whose inter-country adoption had gone terribly wrong.
The court wanted to know if such an adopted child is granted citizenship of the country of the adoptive parents.