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Justice Murari, who authored the judgment on behalf of the bench, said: "After the demise of her first husband, being the only natural guardian of the child, we fail to see how the mother can be lawfully restrained from including the child in her new family and deciding the surname of the child."

Actress Mandira Bedi is a well-known name of the industry. The actress who lost her beloved husband Raj Kaushal last year to a heart attack has now shared her view on adopting a girl child. 

The plea said the provision is "discriminatory and arbitrary" towards adoptive mothers The plea also raised objection to maternity leave period provided to adoptive mothers as compared to biological mothers Adoptive mother gets 12 weeks of maternity benefit but maternity benefit of 26 weeks is provided to biological mothers

A couple moved the High Court after the district court of Yavatmal rejected their plea on the ground that the child was not an orphan, in conflict with law, abandoned by parents or in need of care and protection. The court noted that in the present case, the petitioners were the maternal uncle and aunt of the child, and hence, are covered in the definition of 'relative' under the Act. Justice Pitale quashed and set aside the order passed by the lower court and directed it to consider the application filed by the couple afresh as expeditiously as possible.

The actress has been single ever since she called off her engagement to Russian billionaire Egor Tarabasov in 2016.

Actress Sushmita Sen, who raises two adopted daughters, is happy that people are now more open to the idea of adoption. She says it is high time people get over the thinking that blood and bones create a family.

"Destiny is not designed by mere mortals like us. It is crafted by God."

Parents adopting a child under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA) could soon be required to mandatorily register the adoption with country's apex adoption body as part of efforts to check trafficking, a senior government official said.

Madonna has been granted permission to adopt two more children from Malawi after the High Court in the impoverished southern African country gave its approval.

Poverty coupled with lack of education, unemployment, child labour, homelessness, substance abuse, poor parenting skills, abuse and neglect, physical and mental health needs, community violence, inability to access resources are some of the reasons that children encounter every day.

Caitlyn insists she's perfectly secure whether she's single or not.

Actress-filmmaker Angelina Jolie says her marriage to Brad Pitt was "very casual" in comparison to him legally adopting her children, Maddox and Zahara.

Under the guidelines brought by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, children in the age group of 6-18 years, whose parents are unable to take care of them due to reasons such as mental illness, poverty or imprisonment and those staying in child care institutions will be placed in foster care.

The central government is mulling derecognising 13 orphanages run by Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity due to its non-compliance with adoption guidelines.

After relaxing maternity and paternity policies, eCommerce major Flipkart is now offering an allowance of Rs 50,000 to employees looking to adopt children.