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No bill dedicated to infant abandonment has ever reached Parliament, but India already has three real levers to force the issue into the open: a Zero Hour intervention, already used once at the state level; a Private Member’s Bill, the same mechanism that built India’s child-institution law twice before; and a Public Interest Litigation, the tool that gave India binding interim law on workplace harassment for 16 years before Parliament acted. My article traces all three...

India needs a dedicated Infant Protection Act because Section 93 of the BNS criminalizes abandonment as a crime rather than a plea for help, creating a "trash-can paradox" where unwed mothers and parents in crisis hide births and dump infants in fields/garbage dumps/railway stations instead of seeking help; while the Juvenile Justice Act offers a safer alternative of Safe Surrender to the Child Welfare Committee with no FIR, it is barely used (709 criminal abandonment cases i

Recent cases of infants abandoned in Haryana, Karnataka and Jharkhand expose a legal system built for children who can speak, not infants who cannot. Strict criminal penalties for abandonment push parents away from the safe, confidential surrender option the law already provides, while fragmented data and a slow adoption pipeline compound the damage. A dedicated Infant Protection Act, modelled in part on safe haven laws and baby hatches used abroad, would make prevention, inv

India’s infants are in danger. Every hour, babies are abandoned, trafficked, or left without protection. It’s time to act. Sign this petition urging the government to enact the Infant Protection Act — a landmark law that will: ​ Create a national infant rescue system Strengthen penalties for infant trafficking Ensure every baby has the right to safety, care, and dignity.

Adoption Insights with Leena Live session with Vidyadhar Prabhudesai

Why UCC is important for Adoption Reforms in India

एखाद्याला मूल होत नाही म्हणून कुणाला सामाजिक जाणीवेतून अनाथ मूल दत्तक घ्यायचं असतं. पण खरंच ही दत्तक विधानाची प्रक्रीया कशी असते? भारतात...

Published on Fairobserver.com Adoptive parents and children face challenges in India as their rights to adopt and inherit vary with their...

Uniform civil code: Vidyadhar Prabhudesai on the Frontline As an adoptive parent, I am sharing my views on the necessity of a UCC from...