Priyanshu Rajkumar[Priyanshu Lage Garcia]

Court’s Decision: The Bombay High Court allowed the foreign adoption petition filed by the petitioner, Bal Asha Trust, on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents, Spanish nationals Mr. Luis Fernando Lage Puebla and Mrs. Maria Del Carmen Garcia. The court granted permission for the adoption of a male minor, Priyanshu Rajkumar, and allowed the couple to rename him Priyanshu Lage Garcia. The adoption was approved under Section 59(7) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and in compliance with the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, 1993.

Facts: The male minor, born on July 1, 2015, was found abandoned by CSMT Railway Police Station, Mumbai, and subsequently admitted to C.C.D.T. Ashray, Mumbai, on December 13, 2019. He remained there until January 5, 2023, after which he was transferred to Bal Asha Trust by an order from the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Mumbai City-I. On July 31, 2023, the CWC declared the minor legally free for adoption. Following the issuance of a No Objection Certificate by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) on August 13, 2024, the petition for adoption was filed.

The proposed adoptive parents, residents of Madrid, Spain, have been married since June 1, 2012, and have no biological children. They were found medically fit for adoption through medical reports dated June 6, 2024, confirming that they are free of chronic or communicable diseases. The adoptive father is employed as an IT specialist, and the adoptive mother works as a credit risk expert, with substantial annual incomes reported.