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Bombay High Court<\/span> | In a petition filed challenging the vires of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2021<\/a> to the extent that the word ‘Court' is replaced with ‘District Magistrate', a Division Bench of G S Patel and S G Dige, JJ., granted interim relief by staying the change of exclusive jurisdiction over all adoptions including foreign adoptions from Courts to District Magistrate.<\/p>\n

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2021<\/a> has brought amendment to the extent that the word ‘Court' is replaced with ‘District Magistrate'. The effect of this amendment as alleged is that exclusive jurisdiction over all adoptions including foreign adoptions will now be with the District Magistrates which earlier vested with the judges of the High Court.<\/p>\n

The Court noted that there has not been any complaint about the handling of the cases by the judges and the justification for the amendment was yet to be seen. While considering ad-interim relief, the Court must bear in mind the interests of the minors who are put up for adoption and the interests of the adopted parents.<\/p>\n

The Court remarked that presently, the adoptions are being handled by Single Judges of the Court and this has continued for a very long period, and nothing is shown to us to indicate why for a limited period of about four weeks this should not be continued until the challenge is finally heard.<\/p>\n

Thus, the Court granted the interim relief until the next date i.e., 14-02-2022 and not indefinitely for a long period of time as no prejudice will be caused to any party if the existing system continues and the primary interest would be protected.<\/p>\n

[Nisha Pradeep Pandya v. Union of India, 2023 SCC OnLine Bom 90<\/a>, decided on 10-01-2023<\/span>]<\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n

Mr Cyrus Ardeshir, Ooril Panchal, Ziyad Madon & Danish Qureshi, i\/b Mahimtura & Co, for the Applicant. Mr Vishal Kanade, with Tanaya Patankar, i\/b Sameer K Sawant & Rakesh Kapoor & Co, for the Petitioners;<\/p>\n

Mr Sandesh D Patil, i\/b Anusha P Amin, for Respondent 1;<\/p>\n

Mrs Jyoti Chavan, AGP, for the Respondent-State.<\/p>\n\n

*Arunima Bose, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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So this expression \u201cconsent\u201d must be understood as ascertaining its wishes.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Muslim Law on adoption","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Muslim-Law-on-adoption.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Muslim-Law-on-adoption.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Muslim-Law-on-adoption.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Muslim-Law-on-adoption.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":273748,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/15\/there-is-non-compliance-of-section-94-jj-act-bombay-high-court-sets-aside-order-sending-a-juvenile-to-regular-court-due-to-wrong-assessment-of-age\/","url_meta":{"origin":281525,"position":3},"title":"‘Non-compliance of Section 94 JJ Act’; Bombay High Court set aside order sending a juvenile to regular court due to wrong assessment of age","author":"Editor","date":"September 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Bombay High Court: In a case filed by a father (\u2018petitioner') seeking for setting aside the order passed by the Juvenile Justice Board (\u2018JJB') directing for medical examination of the accused child which ascertained his age to be 21 years, a division bench of Revati Mohite Dere and Madhav J\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bombay High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":273066,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/05\/district-magistrates-to-issue-adoption-orders-vide-juvenile-justice-care-and-protection-of-children-model-amendment-rules-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":281525,"position":4},"title":"District Magistrates to issue adoption orders vide Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Amendment Rules, 2022","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"September 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"On 1-09-2022, the Ministry of Women and Child Development notified amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Rules, 2016 (\u2018Principal Rules') which will be called as Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Amendment Rules, 2022. 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