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This explainer covers the procedure for adoption in India. The main law on adoption for non-religious adoption (that is, adoption outside of Hindi adoption law) is the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. For adoption under Hindu law, we refer to the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (referred to as “HinduRead more

How does this explainer help the user? Women in India are protected from being abused physically, psychologically, verbally, emotionally, sexually or monetarily by their family. The law not only protects them from their husband/partner but anyone (male or female) in their family or their husband’s family. This explainer provides information on the domestic violence lawRead more

Indian law prohibits child marriage but leaves it to the children to decide whether they want to cancel the marriage or not if the marriage has taken place. However, this can only be done once they become adults, i.e, age of 18. there are punishments for those male adults who marry girls below the ageRead more

Abortion is legally allowed only if the pregnancy is under 20 weeks, subject to several conditions. However in certain rare emergency cases, abortions can be done after 20 weeks as well. The woman’s ability to get an abortion will depend on the opinion of the doctor. The doctor has to assess if certain conditions areRead more

Maintenance is ordered by a court order where either daughter or son is asked to give a certain amount to the parents or elderly persons to fulfil their basic needs. It is also known as alimony. The amount of maintenance depends on various circumstances. Maintenance means providing ‘dependents’ with basic needs such as food, clothing,Read more