Calcutta High Court Declines Swiss Citizen's Plea Against Adoption Agency Which Failed To Preserve His Adoption Records From 1988

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a writ petition by a Swiss citizen, who was adopted in the year 1988, against the Specialised Adoption Agency through which he was given for adoption. Petitioner argued that after coming of age, he began a 'search for his roots' and wanted to retrace his pre-adoptive links, but due to the failure of the respondent authorities to preserve its records...