https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170050 Adoption procedures were clarified to prioritise child welfare while reducing avoidable delay and misuse. Reasonable payment to scrutinising agencies was approved, with differing treatment for foreign-parent and Indian/Hindu-parent matters. Newspaper publication was kept unpublished under Section 9(4) adoption applications to avoid interference from biological parents. A recognised placement agency was required to have at least one month's custody before processing guardianship, and inter-State transfers were allowed only with safeguards and approvals. The Court also streamlined declaration of a child legally free for adoption, accepted a relinquishment deed in suitable cases, relaxed joint-guardian and security requirements, increased reimbursable expenses, and permitted home-study reports by the agency for foreign nationals resident in India. en-us Wed, 03 Dec 1986 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 15 May 2015 14:49:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170050 Adoption procedures were clarified to prioritise child welfare while reducing avoidable delay and misuse. Reasonable payment to scrutinising agencies was approved, with differing treatment for foreign-parent and Indian/Hindu-parent matters. Newspaper publication was kept unpublished under Section 9(4) adoption applications to avoid interference from biological parents. A recognised placement agency was required to have at least one month's custody before processing guardianship, and inter-State transfers were allowed only with safeguards and approvals. The Court also streamlined declaration of a child legally free for adoption, accepted a relinquishment deed in suitable cases, relaxed joint-guardian and security requirements, increased reimbursable expenses, and permitted home-study reports by the agency for foreign nationals resident in India. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 03 Dec 1986 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170050