JUDGMENT

BHAGWATI, CJI. :— This writ petition was initiated on the basis of a letter addressed by the petitioner complaining of mal-practices indulged in by social organisations and voluntary agencies engaged in the work of offering Indian children in adoption to foreign parents. Since we found that there was no legislation enacted by Parliament laying down the principles and norms which must be observed and the procedure which must be followed in giving an Indian child in adoption to foreign parents, we entertained the writ petition and after hearing a large number of social organisations and voluntary agencies engaged in placement of child in adoption, delivered an exhaustive judgment on 6th February, 1984 Reported in AIR 1984 SC 469 discussing various aspects of the problems relating to inter-country adoption and formulating the normative and procedural safeguards to be followed in giving an Indian child in adoption to foreign parents.

2. Pursuant to the directions given by us in our judgment in this writ petition, the Government of India proceeded to recognise various social or child welfare agencies in India for the purpose of inter-country adoption. The Government of India als