The Supreme Court on Thursday initiated a process to look into the working of orphanages across the country, saying the nation’s future depended on the destiny of its children and nothing can be more disastrous than them being sold.

Expanding the scope of a petition filed by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), which pertained to alleged trafficking of children in West Bengal, a three-judge bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra asked the states to apprise it about the running of orphanages, treatment given to the children in these centres and method of adoption followed. The court stayed an order of Calcutta High Court, restraining the national commission from acting on instances of alleged child trafficking in the state.

Using the line, “the child is the father of man”, the bench referred to a 1996 order of the court dealing with child protection. The bench said the court was conscious in that case that children should not be compelled to work in factories. “That being the position, when the children are sold, nothing can be more disastrous than this… A right of a child in a society is sacred, for the future of the country depends upon the character and the destiny of the child and the State has a great role in that regard. It is in the realm of protection,” it underlined.

“In view of the aforesaid, it is necessary to have a comprehensive view of the entire country pertaining to running of orphanages, the mode and method of adoption, the care given and the treatment meted out to the children. For the said purpose, it is necessary that all the States shall be added as respondents in the matter”, the court said and gave the states two months to respond after they are arrayed as parties.

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Legal adoption can only be done through Specialised Adoption agencies (SAAs) that are recognised by state governments.

In the Wadala case, the buyers of the three newborns were a Worli doctor, a Bengaluru software engineer and a Thane gynaecologist-paediatrician couple.

In the Wadala case, the buyers of the three newborns were a Worli doctor, a Bengaluru software engineer and a Thane gynaecologist-paediatrician couple.

Mumbai: The legal procedures associated with adoption of children are elaborate, with an aim to ensuring the safety of the child and ascertaining the background of potential parents.

With the Wadala Truck Terminus police’s recent bust of a baby-selling racket, wherein the arrested traffickers sold newborn babies to childless couples for Rs 4 to Rs 4.5 lakh each, parents and experts have said child traffickers exploit the fact that it takes time.

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FBI is still searching for the girl who went missing after her father Wesley Mathews, an Ernakulam native, asked her to stand outside their residence after midnight as punishment.

On Saturday night, Wesley was arrested by Richard son police and charged with abandoning or endangering a child.

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PATNA: Sherin Mathews, the three-year-old Texas girl who went missing after being made to stand outside for not finishing her milk on Saturday , is none other than Saraswati of Bihar. She was adopted from an NGO named Mother Teresa Anath Seva Sansthan in Nalanda on June 23 last year by an American couple.

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The girl child, born to the 10-year-old rape victim, can be adopted from Diwali as she will be completing two months on October 18.

Harjinder Kaur, Chairperson of the Chandigarh Commission for Protection for Child Rights (CCPCR), said,“The child will be available for adoption after October 18. Her details will be uploaded on the website of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA).” Meanwhile, the Social Welfare Department has hired four women attendants to look after her at the children’s home in Sector 15.

As per the online process, details of children are sent to select parents according to their demands. They are given 48 hours to confirm. After receiving confirmation, the case goes to the district court through a specialised adoption agency. Mahavir Singh, Member Secretary, State Legal Service Authority (SLSA), said the court examines the social profile of couples wishing to adopt a child. Further, documents are verified to negate any possibility of any wheeling and dealing between the adoption agency and the couple wishing to adopt a child. The adoption process at the court will take four months.

Kaushal and Bijal Patel with their adopted daughter Revanshi

A 15-month-old girl, who was abandoned by her biological parents when she was just 7 days old, got a new lease of life when a non-resident Gujarati childless couple adopted her on Saturday. The baby named Aarvi by Shishu Gruh in Paldi where she was abandoned, will soon fly with her adopted parents to New Jersey in the US. She begins her new life as Revanshi. A gala adoption function was organised at AMA where Anand native Kaushal Patel and Bijal Patel became proud parents of the baby girl.

Kaushal, 36, settled in the US 10 years ago and married Bijal, 30, also from Borsad in Anand district seven years ago. But when the couple could not have their own baby, they decided to adopt a baby girl from Gujarat. "We decided to adopt a girl in 2015 after my wife had a miscarriage and began the adoption process. Our wait ended when we saw Aarvi at the Shishu Gruh in Paldi. We are happy to have adopted her and it is a memorable day in our life," said Kaushal, who owns a store in New Jersey. "We decided to adopt the girl as my wife an dI both had dreamt of having a baby girl and nurturing her well. We gave her a new name Revanshi," Patel said, adding, "My parents and Bijal's parents are happy with the decision."

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A 75-year-old widow has successfully defended her husband’s property from a woman claiming to be their adopted daughter.

Raj Shahi had earlier won a civil suit to be the only legal heir to the property in her husband’s name after he died. However, the “adopted daughter” filed an appeal against the order, which she has once again lost as she failed to prove that she was legally adopted.

Anupam Puri, aka Rimpi, aka Navdeep, a 38-year-old Ropar resident, is said to be the granddaughter of a Patiala-based man, Amar Nath Sharma. Sharma was a friend of the deceased, Diwan Chand Shahi, who had retired as a lecturer from Government College, Sector 11. Puri had started living with the Shahi family in Chandigarh in their Sector 38 residence for better education facilities.

BELAGAVI: In an order with wide repercussions for adoption in India, the Dharwad bench of the high court has set aside a district court ruling and allowed an NRI couple in the US to adopt a second girl child from Belagavi. Under the laws governing adoption in India, a single parent or married couple are not permitted to adopt more than one child of the same sex.The NRI couple had adopted a girl earlier and were keen to take home another - a baby girl found in a dustbin in 2014. The court order, issued last week, is being hailed in most circles but critics argue it is unfair to allow one family to adopt more than one child when there is a long list of families waiting for years together to adopt.

Justice Shrinivas Harish Kumar allowed the US-based Indian couple - engineer C Verghese and his wife Dr Alia, a speech therapist - to adopt a second girl child, ruling that they were capable of raising her. The Belagavi district court had rejected the couple's petition in March on grounds of probable discrimination against the first girl child.The couple challenged the order in the high court. Following the HC circuit bench order, the couple can now take home the three-year-old girl found in a dustbin on April 5, 2014 in Bailhongal town. The girl, six years old now, is being looked after at Gangamma Chikkumbimath Bal Kendra, an orphanage run by the Swami Vivekanand Pratisthan. Advocate SV Ganachari said the guidelines of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), a statutory body of the Union ministry of women and child development, allow a family to adopt up to four children depending on their socio-economic condition."We have convinced the court that the petitioner is an intending adoptive parent and they have the capacity to take care of more than one child," he said.

An official said the judgment might upset parents who have been waiting for years. He said priority would be given to those looking to adopt their first child. Before CARA came into being in 2015, the norm was to give only one child for adoption to one family. If the family already had a child, then a child of the opposite sex could be adopted.

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Former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi were on December 21 acquitted by a special court in the case.

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Very Happy That You Stand Vindicated in 2G Case, Manmohan Writes to Raja File photo of former PM Manmohan Singh and former telecom minister A Raja. (Reuters)

Chennai: DMK leader A Raja getting acquitted in the 2G spectrum case was a vindication of his stand, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said.

"I am very happy that you stand vindicated in the 2G case," Singh told Raja in a letter dated January 2, a copy of which was released to the media by the DMK on Thursday.

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We are very proud of the contributions we have made in providing groundbreaking research, world-class education, and passionate advocacy--- all in service of shedding much needed light and understanding on the topics that matter most to those closest to adoption and foster care. Unfortunately, DAI’s board and leadership concluded that the challenge of raising sufficient funding to run and grow the organization was no longer feasible and thus, we have made the difficult decision to close. An archive of DAI’s work will remain online and accessible however, our active engagement in adoption reform will come to an end on January 4, 2018.

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