SPECIAL APPEAL No. 316 of 2025 at Lucknow

AFR HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 316 of 2025 Arun And Another .....Appellant(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Of Home Affairs Govt. Sectt. Lko. And 7 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Prateek Tewari, Praveen Kumar Tewari Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Shashank Shukla Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard. 2. This is a special appeal challenging an order dated 11.08.2025 passed by learned Single Judge in HABC writ petition bearing No.177/2025 [Ayesha through her mother Ragini and Anr. vs. State of U.P. & Ors.]. The petition was filed by respondent no.6 through her natural guardians and respondent nos.7 and 8. Learned Single Judge has allowed the claim of natural guardians i.e. opposite party no.s 7 and 8 to custody of opposite party no.6 and has rejected the stand of appellants herein on the ground that alleged adoption deed which is a notarized one is not registered whereas the law requires it to be registered. 3. Learned counsel for the appellant has relied upon a judgment dated 05.05.2014 passed in special appeal no.236 of 2014 [Sanjay Kumar 3238 (S/S) of 2014