Delhi HC to UP: Don’t create hurdles in adoption of ‘miracle baby’

BAREILLY: The Delhi high court (HC) has issued an “impleading notice” to the Uttar Pradesh government for “not adhering to an earlier judgment given by the court” regarding the adoption of a “miracle baby” (the court addressed her only as ‘S’) and “delaying the process by harassing the staff of the orphanage in Bareilly where she is housed”, reports Kanwardeep Singh.

The court order, issued on December 23 and made available on Saturday, came a few days after TOI reported that some right-wing activists had lodged an FIR against the orphanage and the Malta-based couple who had adopted the baby, charging them with “wrongful conversion”.

The HC further directed the UP government “not to harass the orphanage staff and stop the proceedings under the unlawful conversion law in the FIR”. It also directed the UP administration “not to create hurdles in the baby’s adoption process or her journey to Malta with her adoptive parents”.

The baby was found abandoned in an earthen pot, having survived a cold night, in Bareilly during the winter of 2019.

She was subsequently referred to as a “miracle baby”.

Incidentally, the writ petition was filed in the court by the baby’s “new parents” through senior advocate Tara Narula, Siddharth Agarwal and others.

Sharing the case details, Narula said, “This application was filed for seeking directions for the implementation of the judgment dated November 25.”

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