Supreme Court of India

Craig Allen Coates v. State & Anr.

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Reported as [2010] 11 S.C.R. 102
Bench Markandey Kat Ju and T.S. Thakur JJ.
Decided 8 September 2010

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow this appeal, set aside the impugned judgment passed by the High Court as also that passed by the District Judge refusing to grant the prayer made by Ms.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Adoption: Inter-country adoptions - Indian male child with developmental delays and difficulty in learning - Prayer for adoption of, by a U.S. based woman who has professional experience in home based nursing - Medical Board of experts of /IMS constituted to examine the child and the 0 applicant - Report of the Medical Board that the applicant had adequate financial and emotional resources to provide for the child and that there is reciprocity between them and that the applicant would be a proper person to whom the child can be given in adoption - Prayer allowed - Child and Family Welfare.

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