It is very much possible to efficiently investigate and locate children in difficulty besides preventing future instances of abuse and kidn

On May 18 2017, the Ministry of Women and Child Development constituted a multi 13 member high level Committee to examine issues relating...

An unjust proposed law cannot arbitrarily stamp out a determination process of the rights of parties. It is undemocratic and intolerant.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has proposed two amendments in existing statutory enactments relating to marriage and...

With ever increasing population of Indians migrating and settling in foreign jurisdictions, the link with their home country does not severe

Recently, abduction of a toddler daughter by her father to the UAE amidst a custody battle at Delhi, led the CBI to file a charge-sheet...

The Convention vests the prerogative with the country of habitual residence to decide issues of wrongful removal or retention.

The benefit of reform for juveniles under 16 ought not to be extended any more to those above 18 who enjoy crime and not suffer it.

Surrogacy needs to be checked and regulated by a proper statutory law. Till then, much needed medical visa regulations will provide relief.

Lok and Rajya Sabha have approved 2021 amendments of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) for district...

Children at risk, wherever they are, whoever they may be, whatever they be, should not suffer or be put to risk.

The law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts.

The prophecy of Wordsworth resounds, reverberates and echoes, resonating that the child is the father of man.

Mirror order jurisprudence, remain to be followed by Indian Courts, when children are in India or taken out temporarily.

The Central Government panel on law reforms constituted recently can seriously ameliorate the suffering by suitable rehabilitative redressal

Children are not chattels to be possessed by one parent. Change is needed.

The mechanisms in law which can be created in India as is the case in the case of inter country adoptions is the best cited example.

If a mandate of the Indian Court is made a part of a foreign court order, the risk of child removal is minimized.

For a child to be caught in a conventional single parent custody trap is archaic and destructive to the child. It ruins the child's life and

The verdicts are a fresh breath espousing rights of parenthood upon live-in parents and unwed mothers caught up in a conventional time wrap.