Recently a single bench of Rajasthan High Court held that " a Hindu is competent to adopt child of same…
P.K. Lohra J. decided Darshana Gupta v. None on 9 February 2015, allowing adoption under section 41 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 despite an existing child of the same…
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Recently a single bench of Rajasthan High Court held that " a Hindu is competent to adopt child of same sex irrespective of number of living biological sons or daughters." The view was taken by whom ?
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P.K. Lohra J. decided Darshana Gupta v. None on 9 February 2015, allowing adoption under section 41 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 despite an existing child of the same sex. The exception concerned adoption through that welfare legislation for the relevant categories of children; it did not generally repeal section 11 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act.
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