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Monish Rizvi   02 November 2025

Adoption by muslims

Please explain the complete procedure for adoption of a child by a Muslim under the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act....



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kavksatyanarayana (subregistrar/supdt.(retired))     02 November 2025

Any religious person, including Muslims, can adopt a child under the JJ system.  The JJ Act prevails over the muslim law, though it does not recognise adoption.

Dr. J C Vashista (Advocate )     03 November 2025

District Magistrate has to be approached by adoptee parents to allow adoption u/s 55 & 56 of the JJ Act.

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T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate)     03 November 2025

You can approach CARA for adoption of child under JJ act 

Shashi Dhara   04 November 2025

You can file petition for child under guardians and wards act.

Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Advocate)     10 November 2025

The best is to approach CARA. Even their staff knows law on the subject very well.


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