SC Orders To Crack Down Illegal Adoption

  • 08-Jun-2021
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No adoption can be allowed in violation of the Juvenile Justice Act and also without the involvement of the CARA.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a crackdown on NGOs or individuals involved in illegal adoption of children orphaned amid the Covid pandemic.

A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose said that the state governments/Union Territories are directed to take action against those NGOs/ individuals who are indulging in illegal adoptions.

Additional Solicitor General K.M. Nataraj, appearing for the National Commission for Protection of Children Rights (NCPCR), had expressed his anguish about certain NGOs collecting funds in the names of the affected children.

It has come to the notice of the NCPCR that the identity of the affected children is being disclosed in public announcements by certain unscrupulous agencies and individuals who are inviting interested persons to adopt the affected children," he submitted.

 

The NCPCR and some women and child welfare NGOs had informed the bench that there are several advertisements in the public domain, including on social media, inviting people to adopt orphans.They submitted that many of them are fake and no adoption is permissible without the involvement of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA).

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