The Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India has been directed by the Delhi High Court to file a report containing a complete mechanism to handle inter-country adoptions under the Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act (HAMA) so that a permanent solution in gets created.
This has been directed to ensure not only the welfare of adopted children but to provide a timely mechanism for the biological/adoptive parents so that they do not get unnecessarily hassled. This has been done in view of the experience of Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) in dealing with inter country adoptions. Delhi High Court has directed CARA to act as the Authority for enabling inter country adoptions under HAMA.
A Single Judge Bench of Justice Pratibha M Singh further directed, “CARA shall carry out corrections in its website and place a report before this Court within eight weeks. CARA shall also frame guidelines for the processing of NOCs for inter-country adoptions under HAMA and make available forms for this purpose on the portal.”