Archive · 18 Nov 2025
SC Alarmed by Missing Children Rate, Directs Centre on Adoption Process
The Supreme Court is worried about many children going missing in India every day.
They said the rules for adopting children are too hard, so people might do bad things to get children.
The court told the government to make the adoption rules easier and pick someone to help find missing children.
Every eight minutes, a child goes missing in India, according to a news report
Supreme Court (SC) expressed concern over this issue
SC criticized the complicated adoption process in India
Centre asked to streamline the adoption mechanism
SC directed Centre to appoint a nodal officer for missing children cases by Dec 9
- Who
- Supreme Court, Centre (Government of India)
- What
- Expressed concern, directed actions
- When
- October 2023
- Where
- New Delhi
- Why
- To address the issue of missing children and streamline the adoption process
Government's Stance
NGO's Stance
Adoption Process
Government's Stance
Complicated and rigorous
NGO's Stance
Needs streamlining to prevent illegal means
- Missing Children Rate
- Every eight minutes, a child goes missing in India
- Petitioner
- NGO Guria Swayam Sevi Sansthan
- Deadline for Nodal Officer Appointment
- December 9, 2023