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Same-Sex Marriage: Indian Laws Permit Individual to Adopt Child, Says SC

by Joy

Indian laws permit an individual to adopt a child irrespective of marital status, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while asserting that the law recognises there may be situations apart from an “ideal family” having its own biological children.

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In its submission to the apex court, which is hearing pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages, child rights body NCPCR argued that the concept of gender may be “fluid” but not mother and motherhood.

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