What is the legal basis for an adoption in India?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Jeerh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 8114 (FC):
The record includes an extensive description of the applicable Indian adoption law which says, among other things, that the legal validity of the adoption depends upon certain formal requirements, described as a ceremony of giving and taking, as well as proof of an intention on the part of the natural parents to give up the child, and an intention on the part of the adoptive parents to take the child. This evidentiary requirement in Indian law reflects the importance of the adoption as an event with substantial legal consequences. The material includes this quotation from Kishori Lal v. Chaltibai; 1959 Supp. 1 SCR 698:
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