Uniform adoption law should cover all religions, LGBTQ community, suggests Parliamentary panel
The Parliamentary panel has made a suggestion that the uniform adoption law in India should be applicable for all religions and the LGBTQ community.
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The Parliamentary panel has made a suggestion that the uniform adoption law in India should be applicable for all religions and the LGBTQ community.
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act and Juvenile Justice Act have their own virtues and shortcomings, , parliamentary panel
NEW DELHI, Aug 9: A parliamentary panel has said there was a need to harmonise the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act and the Juvenile Justice Act to bring out a uniform and comprehensive legislation on adoption. The Standing Committee on Law and Personnel said on Monday the new legislation should cover all religions and the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) community. The panel, headed by BJP leader Sushil Modi, also said such a legislation should be more transparent, […]
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI) There is a need to bring in a new and comprehensive law to deal with child adoption that makes the process smoother as well as more accountable, a parliamentary panel that examined the sensitive subject has felt.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and JB Pardiwala asked Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for the Centre, to file its response to a PIL detailing steps to streamline the process of adoption of children in the country