Uniform Law on Adoption, Divorce

The petitioner argued that Muslims are bound to follow the Kafala system under which a child is placed under a Kafil (guardian) who takes care of his/her upbringing, marriage and well-being, but the child continues to remain the descendant of his biological parents and not adopted.

The Supreme Court recently sought a response from the centre on a PIL seeking a gender and religion-neutral uniform law on adoption and guardianship for all citizens. The petition was filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.

A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, issued a notice on the petition and tagged it with another one filed by Upadhyay where he demanded uniform grounds for divorce and maintenance which are both gender and religion-neutral.

English | February 4, 2021

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