SH RAJEEV MASSEY AND ANR vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ORS

$~11 [25.11.2025] * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 26th November, 2025 W.P.(CRL) 3631/2025 & CRL.M.A. 32663/2025 SH RAJEEV MASSEY AND ANR .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vikas Bhatia and Ms. Jyoti Bhatia, Advocates with Petitioners (in-Persons). versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC (Crl.) with Mr. Arjit Sharma and Ms. Sakshi Jha, Advocates for State. SI Shubham Chaudhary, Spl. Staff, South-East. Mr. Amit Tiwari, CGSC with Ms. Ayushi Srivastava, Mr. Ayush Tanwar, Mr. Arpan Narewal and Mr. Kushagra Malik, Advocates for UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA JUDGMENT SANJEEV NARULA, J. (Oral): [The matter has been taken up today as 25th November, 2025 was declared a holiday on account of 350th anniversary of “Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day”] 1. The Petitioners, who claim to be the adoptive parents of a minor baby girl in their care since she was 16 days old, have approached this Court 2. The Petitioners state that in September 2019, through a friend of Petitioner No. 2, they came to know that a 16-day-old baby girl at Agra was available for adoption, as the biological mother was allegedly not in a