Bombay High Court upholds amendment transferring adoption cases from courts to district collectors
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The Bombay High Court has upheld a 2021 amendment to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act that shifted the power to pass child adoption orders from civil courts to district magistrates (collectors) [Nisha Pradeep Pandya alias Nisha Amit Gor and another].A Division Bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande noted that executive authorities are conferred with quasi-judicial functions under various laws. The Court also noted that when district magistrates (no