Supreme Court of India

Stephanie Joan Becker v. State and Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 1 S.C.R. 951
Bench P. Sathasivam J.
Decided 8 February 2013

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GUARDIANS AND WARDS ACT, 1890: · ss .. 7 and 26 - Applications by appellant, a female American citizen, for an order appointing her as guardian of c a minor female orphan and for permission to take the child out of country for purpose of adoption - Held: Claim of appellant will have to be necessarily considered on the basis 0 of the law as in force on date, namely, the provisions of the JJ Act and the Rules framed thereunder and Guidelines of 2011 which have been conferred a statutory sanction - Having regard to totality of facts of the case, proposed adoption would be beneficial to child

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