Supreme Court Issues Directions To Expedite Adoption Process; Directs States To Conduct Drives To Identify Children, Establish Adoption Agencies

20 November 2023

The Supreme Court on Monday (20.11.2023) directed the Secretary in charge of nodal departments responsible for the implementation of the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act in all States to carry out bi-monthly identification drives to identify children who were orphaned, abandoned, or surrendered so that such children could enter the loop of adoption in India. It was stated that the first of...