"Marriage Certificate Not Necessary For Adopting A Child": Allahabad HC In Transgender Person's Plea Seeking Marriage Registrati
19 February 2022
The Allahabad High Court has observed that for adopting a child, a marriage certificate is not a sina-quo-non and even a single parent can adopt a child under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956.The Bench of Justice Dr. Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Justice Vivek Varma observed thus while dealing with a plea filed by a Transgender person and her husband who sought a direction upon the...