Bombay High Court Allows Petition to Declare Caste of Adopted Child as That of Adoptive Parents Under Juvenile Justice Act, 2000. The court held that an abandoned child adopted under the Juvenile Justice Act acquires the caste of the adoptive parents and is entitled to a caste certificate accordingly.
29 Jan 2026The petitioner, Mrs. Geeta Dattatray Achari, along with her husband, adopted a male child who was abandoned and whose biological parents were unknown....





