Why the UCC Is Important for Adoption in India

BY: Vidyadhar Prabhudesai

PM Modi pushes for Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to unify marriage, family, and adoption laws across religions.

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Diverse religious adoption laws lack uniformity, impacting rights of adopted children under different communities.

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Diverse adoption laws lead to discrimination against singles, same-sex, and interfaith couples adopting children.

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Complex adoption laws lead to confusion, hindering understanding of adoptive parents' and children's rights.

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Complex, time-consuming parental rights transfer hinders adoption, especially for orphaned or abandoned children.

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CARA-approved parents wait years, admin delays worsen child adoption process, fueling child trafficking.

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Varying adoption criteria by religion leads to complexity, disparities, and inconsistencies in the adoption process.

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Hashmi challenged Muslim adoption restriction. Court, Juvenile Justice Act, hints at Unified Civil Code goal.

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