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High Court Allows Petition for Processing Relative Adoption Under HAMA, Directing CARA to Assist with Visa Documentation. Adoption Under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 is Valid and Not Subject to Inter-Country Adoption Regulations as per Section 56(3) of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, with Adoption Deed Executed Prior to Regulatory Engagement.

30 Mar 2026

The dispute involved a married Hindu couple, both Indian nationals at marriage, who adopted a child from close relatives under the Hindu Adoptions and...

High Court

Bombay High Court Allows Adoption Petition Despite Non-Compliance with Two-Year Guardianship Period — Best Interest of Child Overrides Procedural Requirement. The court held that the two-year waiting period from guardianship order is not mandatory and can be waived when the minor has been with the petitioners since birth and adoption is recommended.

11 Apr 2018

The petitioners, Mayur Gopal Salian and Deviyani Kiran Varma, filed an Indian Adoption Petition under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, s...

High Court

Bombay High Court Allows Adoption Petition, Quashes Child Welfare Committee Orders in Private Adoption Case Under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. Court holds that private adoption between consenting Hindu families is valid even without registration, and Child Welfare Committee has no jurisdiction over such adoptions.

29 Jun 2026

The petitioners, a married couple, filed a criminal writ petition seeking to quash orders dated 27.5.2026 and 5.6.2025 passed by the Child Welfare Com...

High Court

Bombay High Court Upholds Partition Decree and Invalidates Adoption Claim for Failure to Prove Giving and Taking Ceremony under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. The Court Finds Evidence of Adoption Lacking in Consistency and Free from Suspicion, Rejecting the Claim of Adult Adoption by a Married Man Without Corroborating Witnesses or Documentary Proof of Ceremony.

23 Apr 2014

The dispute arose out of a suit for partition and declaration filed by Muktabai, daughter of late Shankarrao, against her two sisters and one Panduran...

High Court

Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Adoption Dispute — Invalidates Adoption for Non-Compliance with Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. Adoption of a married person above 15 years and age gap less than 21 years violates Sections 10 and 11 of the Act.

21 Dec 2005

The appellant, Hanmant Laxman Salunke (since deceased, represented by his heirs), filed a second appeal challenging the concurrent findings of the tri...

High Court

Karnataka High Court Disposes Writ Petition Seeking NOC and Conformity Certificate in Inter-Country Adoption; Directions to Follow Adoption Regulations, 2022. Adoption under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 held insufficient for inter-country recognition without compliance with Hague Convention and Adoption Regulations, 2022.

23 Jan 2024

The dispute arose from a married couple’s attempt to obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) and Conformity Certificate for the inter-country adopti...

High Court

High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Partition Suit, Upholding Custom-Based Adoption Validity. Custom Allowed Adoption Above 15 Years in Vysya Community, and Adoptee Could Not Claim Share in Natural Family Property Under Section 12(b) of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.

14 Jul 2023

The dispute arose from a partition suit filed by a son who had been given in adoption in 1974 at the age of 23-24 years. The natural father died intes...

High Court

Bombay High Court Allows Adoption Petition, Sets Aside Custody Order in Favor of Adoptive Parents — Deed of Adoption Valid Under Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 Despite Lack of Witnesses and Registration.

19 Aug 2023

The case involves a dispute between adoptive parents (petitioners) and biological parents (respondents) over the custody of a minor child aged 2 years...

High Court

Karnataka High Court Allows Appeal in Adoption Dispute — Adoption Deed Set Aside for Non-Compliance with Section 11 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. Actual Giving and Taking of Child Not Proved, Rendering Adoption Invalid.

10 Feb 2014

The appellant, Smt. Parvathamma, filed a suit in O.S.No.277/1989 before the Principal Munsiff and JMFC, Tumkur, seeking a declaration that the first r...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal for Declaration of Adoption and Partition – Failure to Prove Ceremony of Giving and Taking Under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. The court held that evidence of being treated as a daughter, without proof of the actual adoption ceremony, is insufficient to establish a valid adoption after the Act of 1956.

6 Mar 2020

The appellant, M. Vanaja, filed a civil suit seeking a declaration that she was the adopted daughter of the respondent, M. Sarla Devi, and her decease...

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