Bombay high court, adoption case, CARA, different-abled kid, Mumbai news, Indian Express The court also directed the CARA to arrange for the child’s adoption in India or abroad on a priority basis. (Express photo)

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Katihar abandoned baby case: Why adoption law matters?

Imkong Walling

Dimapur | May 29

The case of a newborn from Kohima found at a railway station in Bihar may sound like an isolated incident. But is it?

This case, according to rights activists, has revealed a glaring gap in public knowledge about adoption norms and child rights despite the existence of established law.

With officials trying hard to ensure that adopted children do not fall in the hands of abusers, the process of adopting a child is strict.

Children above six years are sent to a foster parent, who can be a relative or a registered parent and are given time to adjust to the house and the family. (Representational Image)

Children above six years are sent to a foster parent, who can be a relative or a registered parent and are given time to adjust to the house and the family. (Representational Image)

Hyderabad: The lack of a foster care system in India despite having laws in place is saddening, say adoption care officials.

“The problem is the lack of sensitisation regarding foster care. Children above six years are sent to a foster parent, who can be a relative or a registered parent and are given time to adjust to the house and the family.

The Chennai police busted a child trafficking racket that had spread its web from Uttar Pradesh to the city, on Monday. The criminal activity came to light and was investigated after Yogesh Kumar, a Madras High Court advocate trainee, filed a case at the Kilpauk police station over suspicions that his wife had illegally procured a newborn baby.

Yogesh and Padmini got married in February 2016 and just one month later his wife allegedly claimed to be pregnant. According to the police she had a condition which made it difficult for her to conceive a child and thus she faked a pregnancy.

"She seems to have had a problem conceiving and decided to adopt a child without the knowledge of her in-laws," says C Shyamala Devi, the DCP who led a special team to nab the child-trafficking group. "Once she was in her parents' home, she went online and posted that she was looking for a child on a website where people buy and sell other goods. That is how a broker found her and “sold” the baby girl," she explains.

On January 11, 2017, Padmini told her husband that she had given birth to a girl at the Government Hospital for Women and Children in Egmore. But before her husband could reach the hospital from the court, she came back to her parents' residence with the baby. Following this, Kumar filed a petition at the Madras High Court, which directed the child trafficking unit of the city police to probe the matter.

When investigations began, it soon came to light, that the child had been trafficked from a family in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Jeya Sharma (39) and Amit Sharma (42) gave birth to a third child in January 2017 and wanted to sell the baby since they could not take care of the baby.

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Turkey court gives Ferguson time to settle -media

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court trying British duchess Sarah Ferguson for secretly filming the treatment of mentally handicapped children adjourned after opening on Friday to give time for an out-of-court settlement, Turkish media said.

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A Turkish court has begun a trial against Britain's Duchess of York for allegedly taking part in the secret filming of two orphanages in Turkey, the state-run news agency said.

Sarah Ferguson faces charges of going "against the law in acquiring footage and violating privacy" of five children at one of the orphanages, the Anadolu Agency said. If convicted, she could receive a maximum sentence of 22 1/2 years in prison.

The trial began yesterday, and Ferguson did not attend the opening session, the agency said.

The issue came to light when Padmini’s husband, Yogesh Kumar lodged a complaint at the Kilapuk police station when he turned suspicious over his wife.

The issue came to light when Padmini’s husband, Yogesh Kumar lodged a complaint at the Kilapuk police station when he turned suspicious over his wife.

Chennai: The child trafficking wing of the central crime branch (CCB) on Tuesday took the parents and the baby allegedly kidnapped from Uttar Pradesh and sold to a lawyer’s wife in Chetpet for Rs 50,000, to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) to perform DNA tests on them to confirm the biological parents of the kidnapped child.

The couple, Amit Sharma (33) and his wife Jaya Sharma (29) hailing from Shahdara in New Delhi allegedly sold the baby with the help of another couple, Komal Varma (33) and her husband Ricky Varma (33) of Ghaziabad, who had kidnapped the child in Delhi and sold it to one Padmini, a resident of Chetpet. She had paid them Rs 50,000.

Both the couples were held by the anti-child trafficking unit of the city police at the Egmore railway station following investigation into the case of a woman who faked her pregnancy.

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KOTA: Child Welfare Committee (CWC) on Saturday, in compliance with the order by Rajasthan High Court, sealed the headquarters of Emmanuel Society in Dadwada area of Kota city.

A single bench of Rajasthan High Court, comprising Justice S P Sharma on Wednesday this week, while dismissing the two petitions by the Emmanuel Orphanage Society and school challenging the ceiling and seizure of its office and computers by CWC, ordered to seal its headquarters and to shift the children staying in orphanages to government-run homes.

CWC in compliance with the order by high court sealed the headquarter of Emmanuel Society in Dadwada area of Kota city and also its branch offices, CWC chairman Harish Gurubakshani told.

The management, without getting its orphanage registered in Juvenile Justice Act had run orphanage where around 500 to 600 children were reported to be staying. Later, in order to avoid action, the management set up Jeevan Asha hostel and by fabricating fake identify and other documents of the children, shifted them to the hostel, he added.

As per the order by the high court, the children of the hostel would be shifted to other government run homes within a couple of days, he said adding CWC would now collect the papers and other relevant documents from its headquarter and following investigation of the same would submit its report.