Vatsalya Trust v. Pravin Ram Pawar (Pro.Ado Parents) and Yashada Alias Yashada Pravin Pawar (Minor)
Case brief
What is this about?
Indian Adoption Petition; Bombay High Court; Vatsalya Trust; prospective adoptive parents Pravin Ram Pawar and Preeti Pravin Pawar; minor Yashada renamed Yashada Pravin Pawar; Child Welfare Committee Mumbai Suburban-I and Mankhurd; legally free for adoption; Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015; JJ (Amendment) Act, 2021; District Magistrate adoption adjudication challenge; Nisha Pradeep Pandya and Anr v. Union of India, 2023 SCC OnLine Bom 90; Home Study Report World Children Welfare Trust India; Scrutiny Officer ICSW report marked X; name change; birth certificate issuance; leave to remove minor from jurisdiction; undertaking against further adoption; Farhan P. Dubash, J.; order dated 22 April 2026.
What did the court decide?
Indian Adoption Petition allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) to (e): (a) adoption of minor Yashada @ Yashada Pravin Pawar (born 19th January 2025) by the Prospective Adopters under the Juvenile Justice Act; (b) Prospective Adopters declared Adoptive Parents with all rights, privileges and responsibilities over the minor; (c) permission granted to change the minor's name to Yashada Pravin Pawar; (d) concerned Municipal Authority / Birth Certificate issuing Authority directed to issue a Birth Certificate in the name of Yashada Pravin Pawar stating the Prospective Adoptive Parents as her parents; (e) leave granted to the Prospective Adoptive Parents to remove the minor from the jurisdiction of the Court whenever required. Further directions: the Petitioner to obtain a further undertaking from the PAPs that they will not give the minor for further adoption without the prior leave of the Court, and file it on record; petition disposed of; no order as to costs.