A Delhi High Court case explores returning an adopted orphan child years later
The case of one such child, adopted in 2018 by a couple but now proving a handful for the mother, has reached the Delhi high court, which sought the stand of the authorities, reports Abhinav Garg. Recognising the urgency and importance of the matter, HC asked the authorities to respond by Sept 30. Explaining her predicament, the woman, through advocate Ali Bin Saif, informed the court that she and her husband adopted the child, then six years old, via CARA in 2018.
Seeking the court’s intervention, the mother says that with passage of time the adopted son is “becoming more violent and there is apprehension that he can misbehave… and therefore it is not safe for the petitioner and her mother and her sister.” Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, during a hearing last week, pointed out that there aren’t too many precedents, if any, to shed light on law governing return of a minor in such cases and asked Centre, through Central Adoption Resource Authority, to furnish its stand. HC also issued notice to Child Welfare Committee – Kasturba Niketan Complex at Lajpat Nagar and asked it to respond if the minor can be housed at the facility. It was hearing a plea filed by the mother of the boy seeking directions to hand over his custody to CARA or any govt organisation or any private organisation, which can also provide all necessary medical care and treatment to the child for which she will bear the expenses to the best of her financial capacity.
