‘Indian kids exploited by foreign parents’
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that a lot of “disturbing material” about exploitation of abandoned Indian children adopted by foreign parents have emerged and opposed the move by a US couple to adopt a nine-year old dyslexic child.
Solicitor-General Gopal Subramanium told a bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and T.S. Thakur that government was of the view that Indian children adopted by foreign parents are vulnerable to various forms of exploitation and said once they leave the country’s shores it would be difficult to protect their interests.
“I have made enquiries. Lot of disturbing material have come out. There are many cases of exploitation of such children in the foreign countries. These material have emerged from the civil society groups also.
“We need to have a balanced approach on such issues. These children (abandoned) have no voice of their own. Nobody can speak for them if the child is abused in the foreign country. There is very little we can do once they leave the country and go to the foreign countries,” the solicitor-general submitted.
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‘Railways must pay for deaths’
New Delhi : The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Railways was under an obligation to pay compensation to a passenger who dies after falling from the train even if it is out of his/her own negligence.
A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and R.M. Lodha set aside a Allahabad high court judgment that the railways was not obliged to compensate if the victim had fallen due to his/her own fault. —PTI
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