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In which case did the Supreme Court hold that prospective parents could adopt under the Juvenile…

In Shabnam Hashmi, the Supreme Court treated the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 as an optional statutory route to adoption regardless of personal law. The 2015 successor Act…

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In which case did the Supreme Court hold that prospective parents could adopt under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 regardless of their religion?

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In Shabnam Hashmi, the Supreme Court treated the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 as an optional statutory route to adoption regardless of personal law. The 2015 successor Act likewise makes the application route in section 58(1) available irrespective of religion.

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Option A

In Shabnam Hashmi, the Court recognised the 2000 Act as an optional statutory route to adoption irrespective of personal law.

Option B

Lakshmi Kant Pandey laid down safeguards for inter-country adoption of Indian children.

Option C

Anokha addressed the scope of inter-country adoption guidelines when a child’s biological parent sought adoption by a known foreign couple.

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Ghisalal concerned proof of a wife’s consent to adoption under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.

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