THE 9TH DAY OF MAY, 1995 Present Honble Mr. Justice R.M.Sahai Honble Mr. Justice B.L.Hansaria Mr. P.H. Parekh, Ms. Smrita Mishra, Mr. N.K.Sahoo, Advs.
for the appellants.
By the time the appeal came up for hearing, the law of adoption by foreign nationals was streamlined by this Court in two decisions Lakshmi Kant Pandey v. Union of India 1984 2 SCR 795 and Laxmi Kant Pandey v. Union of India Anr.
They approached the High Court, invoked its appellate jurisdiction against the order passed by the District Judge, Rajkot, allowing the application filed by Superintendent, Kathiawar Nirashrit Balashram as Power of Attorney holder of a Norwegian companyple under Section 7 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 and appointing the Norwegian companyple as the guardian of the child with certain companyditions mentioned in the order.
3 SCR 71.
Mr. S.Ganesh, Mr. C.H.Patel, Ms. Reema Bhandari, Mr. N.Shroff, Mr. K.V.Sreekumar and Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Advs.
1985 Supp.
for the Respondents.
JUDGMENT The following Judgment of the Court was delivered IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS.
Appellants Versus Miss Asha Trilokbhai Shah etc.
5403 04 OF 1995 Arising out of S.L.P. C Nos.3662 63 of 1989 Sumanlal Chhotalal Kamdar etc.
Respondents JUDGMENT M. Sahai, J. An important question in relation to the adoption of infants from orphanage or ashrams by foreign nationals is raised by the appellants, who claim to be social workers.
