BRONSON BARTHOL DIAS AND ANR vs CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY AND ORS

PALLAVI 11-WP-3506-2025 (C) (1).doc MAHENDRA WARGAONKAR 1. Bronson Barthol Dias 2. Ruth Bronson Dias ...Petitioners. Versus 1. Central Adoption Resource Authority, 2. Relaxation Committee, 3. The Union of India through the Ministry of Women and Child Development. 4. Maharashtra State Adoption Resource Authority. 5 Vatsalya Trust. ...Respondents __________ Adv. Meenaz Kakalia, Gayatri Sathe i/b. Mulla & Mulla & CBC, for the Petitioners. Mr. A.I. Patel, Addl. GP, for the Respondent No.4. Mr. Y.R. Mishra a/w Mr. Upendra Lokegaonkar, Mr. Sachidanand T. Singh, for Union of India. __________ CORAM : G. S. KULKARNI & ADVAIT M. SETHNA, JJ. DATE : 7 APRIL 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (Per G.S. Kulkarni, J.) :- 1. The petitioners are Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAP). They have two daughters born on 24 August 2014 and 20 June 2019 respectively. It is the petitioners case that these biological children suffer disability. The first daughter was diagnosed with Nystagmus a few months after her birth, Pallavi Wargaonkar, PS 11-WP-3506-2025 (C) (1).doc followed by a cyst in her brain. She was operated for the removal of the cyst, but the damage in the process was permanent, which caused her visual impairme