Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 111 · Decided 19 February 2014
Shabnam Hashmi v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 111 · [2014] 2 S.C.R. 1101
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 470/2005
- Decided
- 19 February 2014
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 44; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
A B Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection of Children) Act, 2000: ss.41 to 44, 68 - Writ petition filed under Art 32 - Prayer C to lay down law about adoption as a fundamental right and in alternate to Jay down guidelines about adoption of children irrespective of religion, caste and UO/ to enact optional law on the subject - Held: Petitioner admitted that JJ Act of 2000 is a secular law that enable adoption D irrespective of religion and meets prayers made with petition - Muslim Personal Law Board claimed that Islamic law does not recognize that an adopted child is at par
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