Thiruvananthapuram, June 08: The Centre would bring in a Christian Adoption Bill to speed up the formalities for adoption among Christian community, Union Minister of State for Law P C Thomas said today. "Catholic Bishop Council India (CBCI) had recommended for such a bill and they have also forwarded the draft of it to the law department", Thomas told reporters here.
Adoption among Christian was now being governed by the Guardian Act, which caused delay in formalising the process of adoption, he said.
Presently Hindu community has separate adoption law and Muslim community has not asked for such a bill, he said.
He said there was no proposal before the government at present to bring out a uniform personal law for all religions in the country.
Thomas said he had convened a meeting of state and high court representatives on July two to discuss the matters concerning the development of infrastructure in courts in the state under a Centre sponsored scheme.
To a question, he said the initiative for setting up a high court bench at Thiruvananthapuram should come first from high court and state government. Presently there was no move by the Centre to set up a Supreme Court bench in south India, he said adding it was a long pending demand and “I think atleast there should be a case filing facility in south India”.
He said a CBI inquiry into the Marad carnage, that left nine people dead on may two, would be proper. Bureau Report