SC orders tough action against illegal calls for COVID-19 orphaned children adoption
The Hindu
Court directive follows NCPCR, on Monday, raising the alarm on a spate of complaints on such illegal adoption
The Supreme Court has directed the States and Union Territories (UTs) to take stringent action against private individuals and NGOs who invite people to illegally adopt children orphaned by the pandemic. A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose, in an 18-page order published on Tuesday, ordered the government to step in and prevent private entities from revealing the identities of COVID-19 affected children, usually on social media, and inviting people to adopt them.More Related News
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