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  • Judges can best handle adoption: Parliamentary panel 

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI:  It is not appropriate for an administrative authority, instead of a judicial body, to issue adoption orders, a Parliamentary panel has noted. The Standing Committee’s views are at variance with the Juvenile Justice Amendment Act, 2021, which was amended to empower district magistrates (DMs) to issue adoption orders. Before this, the power to issue adoption orders was vested in the judiciary.

    It was in July last year that the Parliament passed the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021. The amendment also entrusts the DM to ensure that childcare institutions comply with the provisions of the Act.

    However, the Standing Committee, which tabled its recommendations recently on ‘Guardianship and Adoption Laws’ felt that judges have competence and experience to determine whether adoption is in the best interest of the child.

    The panel, headed by BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, said since the new system is yet to be tried and tested, the Committee recommends that training should be imparted to DMs, ADMs and divisional commissioners in this regard. It also told the Ministry of Women and Child Development to review the functioning of the new system and present a report to the Committee.

    The Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice, also noted that while deciding on adoption, courts ensure that necessary procedures have been complied with. It has the power to conduct an inquiry of the child and adoptive parents. The Union government’s move to hand over the responsibility to DMs has invited criticism from groups working for children’s welfare.

    “It’s concerning the manner in which the amendment was pushed through to hand over power from the judiciary to the executive. DMs are not equipped enough to decide whether the child should be given for adoption,” she said.  

    Senior lawyer Neela Gokhale said under Juvenile Justice Act too, adoption cases are heard by either a district court, family court or a city civil court. “If there is a breakdown in the family where the child has been adopted, the child has to be rehabilitated. These processes are enforced by the court,” Gokhale said, adding that the government should increase the number of family courts.

    Recommendations of Parliamentary panel 

    The new legislation should cover LGBTQ community 
    New Legislation should avoid using the term ‘illegitimate’ and adoption law should be same for all children whether born within or out of wedlock.
    There is a need to bring out a uniform and comprehensive legislation that is more transparent, accountable, verifiable, less bureaucratic and applicable to all irrespective of religion
    It is important to prevent illegal and informal adoptions so that a larger pool of children is available for placing them in adoption with families registering under JJ Act
    Monthly meeting chaired by the DM should be held in every district to ensure that orphan and abandoned children are produced before Child Welfare Committee and made available for adoption at the earliest

    NEW DELHI:  It is not appropriate for an administrative authority, instead of a judicial body, to issue adoption orders, a Parliamentary panel has noted. The Standing Committee’s views are at variance with the Juvenile Justice Amendment Act, 2021, which was amended to empower district magistrates (DMs) to issue adoption orders. Before this, the power to issue adoption orders was vested in the judiciary.

    It was in July last year that the Parliament passed the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021. The amendment also entrusts the DM to ensure that childcare institutions comply with the provisions of the Act.

    However, the Standing Committee, which tabled its recommendations recently on ‘Guardianship and Adoption Laws’ felt that judges have competence and experience to determine whether adoption is in the best interest of the child.

    The panel, headed by BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, said since the new system is yet to be tried and tested, the Committee recommends that training should be imparted to DMs, ADMs and divisional commissioners in this regard. It also told the Ministry of Women and Child Development to review the functioning of the new system and present a report to the Committee.

    The Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice, also noted that while deciding on adoption, courts ensure that necessary procedures have been complied with. It has the power to conduct an inquiry of the child and adoptive parents. The Union government’s move to hand over the responsibility to DMs has invited criticism from groups working for children’s welfare.

    “It’s concerning the manner in which the amendment was pushed through to hand over power from the judiciary to the executive. DMs are not equipped enough to decide whether the child should be given for adoption,” she said.  

    Senior lawyer Neela Gokhale said under Juvenile Justice Act too, adoption cases are heard by either a district court, family court or a city civil court. “If there is a breakdown in the family where the child has been adopted, the child has to be rehabilitated. These processes are enforced by the court,” Gokhale said, adding that the government should increase the number of family courts.

    Recommendations of Parliamentary panel 

    The new legislation should cover LGBTQ community 
    New Legislation should avoid using the term ‘illegitimate’ and adoption law should be same for all children whether born within or out of wedlock.
    There is a need to bring out a uniform and comprehensive legislation that is more transparent, accountable, verifiable, less bureaucratic and applicable to all irrespective of religion
    It is important to prevent illegal and informal adoptions so that a larger pool of children is available for placing them in adoption with families registering under JJ Act
    Monthly meeting chaired by the DM should be held in every district to ensure that orphan and abandoned children are produced before Child Welfare Committee and made available for adoption at the earliest

  • Jai business panel announces vice president and ministerial candidate from Surguja district

    Chamber election is going to be very exciting this time. Everyone has started preparing for the election. Jai Business Panel Chief Election Director Narendra Duggad, Election Co-Director Gargi Shankar Mishra, Election Co-Director Jitendra Doshi and Election Co-Director Magelal Malu said that the campaign’s intensive campaigning campaign is in full swing. In this series, the Jai business panel from Ambikapur has announced the vice president and the ministerial candidate. The names of Gopal Aggarwal and Bajrang Lal Goyal were announced for the post of Vice President and Ministerial candidate from Ambikapur. This excited all the traders present at the event and this time, Jai started shouting business slogans. Shubham Aggarwal, who is conducting the program, informed the attendees about the work done by Jai Vyapar panel candidates in the business interest. He kept the profiles of all the candidates in front of everyone. Parvani, the presidential candidate, has appealed to all businessmen to take the right decision in the election with their discretion, who supported them in difficult times and who only tried to serve their interests.

  • Chamber election process to begin from February 4, sign of contest in three panels

    The process of election of Chhattisgarh Chamber of Commerce is starting from February 4 next month. The strategy makers have become active in the process of reversing the election and winning and losing. The claimants have intensified contact with the traders. The round of small meetings has started.

    Election Officer Prakash Golcha said that the initial voter list will be released on February 4. After this, applications for correction of voter list will be taken up till 5 pm by 6 February. He informed that after this the last voter list will be published on February 8.

    The receipt of nomination papers will be from 12 to 3 pm from 18 to 20 February. After this, nomination papers will be submitted on 18, 19, 20 and 22 February from 3 to 5 pm. He informed that after scrutiny of nomination papers on February 24, the list of candidates will be published at 2 pm.